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Washington will be the focus for investors and financial markets this week as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank hold their spring meetings in the US capital to assess the state and health of the global economy. Although the US, UK and European economies are healing, the IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has warned that projected global growth at 3.7% this year is “too weak for comfort”. The head of the IMF last week raised the spectre of low inflation in the eurozone, geopolitical tensions from the crisis in Ukraine, and financial volatility in the emerging markets. But, despite the caution from global policy makers, the outset of the second quarter is marked by optimism among global investors and business.

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