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IMF Warns Global Economy Faces Worst Downturn Since Great Depression

HeadlineApr 15, 2020

In more economic news, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic will spark the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The IMF said global economic output could contract by 3% this year. It originally predicted a 3.3% rate of growth for 2020. 

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