Spotlight: IMF lowers global growth forecast for 2019, warns of downside risks

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath gestures during a press conference in Washington D.C., the United States, on April 9, 2019. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered its global growth forecast for 2019 to 3.3 percent in the newly-released World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, down 0.2 percentage point from its estimation in January. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)