{"id":12926,"date":"2016-03-08T21:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T02:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=12926"},"modified":"2016-03-08T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T02:22:45","slug":"imf-issues-warning-on-global-growth-as-china-exports-plunge-ft-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/08\/imf-issues-warning-on-global-growth-as-china-exports-plunge-ft-com\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF issues warning on global growth as China exports plunge | FT.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/714fb8aa-e4ec-11e5-ac45-5c039e797d1c.html#axzz42MsdUw11\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/im.ft-static.com\/content\/images\/f59f07c1-dacf-41c6-99f8-664c175765aa.img\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From FT.com:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In dollar terms China\u2019s exports fell 25.4 per cent in February from a year earlier, the worst one-month decline since early 2009 and down from an 11.2 per cent drop in January. Imports fell 13.8 per cent, trimming losses after an 18.8 per cent fall in January.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF is growing increasingly concerned about the state of the global economy because of what it sees as signs of a further slowdown. It has already said it is likely to lower its 3.4 per cent growth forecast for this year when it issues its next round of predictions in April.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not a good time to bet on rising oil and commodity prices.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/714fb8aa-e4ec-11e5-ac45-5c039e797d1c.html\">IMF issues warning on global growth as China exports plunge &#8211; FT.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From FT.com: In dollar terms China\u2019s exports fell 25.4 per cent in February from a year earlier, the worst one-month decline since early 2009 and down from an 11.2 per cent drop in January. Imports fell 13.8 per cent, trimming losses after an 18.8 per cent fall in January. The IMF is growing increasingly concerned &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/08\/imf-issues-warning-on-global-growth-as-china-exports-plunge-ft-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IMF issues warning on global growth as China exports plunge | FT.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stock-markets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMF issues warning on global growth as China exports plunge | FT.com - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMF issues warning on global growth as China exports plunge | FT.com - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From FT.com: In dollar terms China\u2019s exports fell 25.4 per cent in February from a year earlier, the worst one-month decline since early 2009 and down from an 11.2 per cent drop in January. 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