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IMF Issues Warning On Global Debt

In a new report, the IMF says governments should use the current strong economic growth to strengthen their finances.

The International Monetary Fund says that high global debt is a concern. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Kim Gittleson gives us the latest from the IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC. All three key US share indices fell on Thursday. Cary Leahey of Decision Economics in New York tells us why.

(Photo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the IMF Spring Meeting, 19th April 2018. Credit: Getty Images).

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