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Half full or half empty, the global economy cup is not running over

A minority at the recent IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington say the numbers aren't all that bad, but the situation goes beyond the numbers - and the picture isn't pretty

Published Tue, Oct 11, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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Tokyo

ON the basis of the "glass-half-full" theory, the world economy does not appear to be in very bad shape, despite the litany of woes recited at last week's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington.

So - and let me mix my metaphors here - is the hand-wringing simply a storm in a teacup?

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