Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news “The data suggests so. The IMF projects 2024 global growth at 3.2%, slightly below the 2010–2019 median of 3.5%, with 2025 growth at 3.3%. To our 2019 selves, these numbers might imply normalcy: the US and China driving growth, Europe sluggish, global output steady at 3–3.5%. “Yet beneath these numbers sits fragility: alarming unemployment change in the US, deflation in China,