The Washington-based institution forecast in October a global growth rate of 3% for 2019 and of 3.4% for 2020.
The IMF has now revised down those forecasts to 2.9% and 3.3%, respectively.
The IMF is cautious about the state of the global economy going forward, in particular about further trade tensions.
SoftBank reported its first quarterly loss in 14 years on Wednesday, whiplashed by an $8.9 billion hit at its giant Vision Fund and marking a rare, humbling moment for CEO Masayoshi Son over his backing of troubled startup WeWork.
The scale of the loss shows the risks in Son’s strategy of splashing out big on cash-burning startups. It has also cast a pall on his efforts to raise a second massive fund.
Read MoreSingapore’s economy — often seen as a bellwether for global growth — avoided a technical recession after growing by 0.6% in the third quarter, compared to the previous three months.
That quarter-on-quarter expansion marked a reversal from the revised 2.7% decline in the April-to-June period, official advance estimates by the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed on Monday. On a year-on-year basis, Singapore’s economy grew 0.1% in the third quarter.
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