The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday projected global economic growth will slow to 3.2 percent in 2022, cutting the outlook by 0.4 percentage point from its April forecast as Russia's war against Ukraine drives up inflation worldwide and China's COVID-19 lockdowns lead to a worse-than-expected slowdown.With the United States, China and other major economies facing downgraded outlooks, Japan's growth in 2022 and 2023 was also expected to be 0.7 point and 0.6 point lower than earlier estimated as the latest figures showed 1.7 percent for both years, according to an update of the semiann…READ FULL ARTICLE
