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Fears of an extended global slowdown look exaggerated

The weakness of the US and China in Q1 and some softer data elsewhere have led to suggestions that a broad-based global slowdown is now underway. We think that is not the case. Growth has held up well in many other countries and it should rebound in the US, and perhaps China, in Q2.


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