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Jonathan Ablett
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Shifting tides: global economic scenarios for 2015–25
At the National People’s Congress in Beijing in March 2015, China’s Premier Li Keqiang announced a growth target of 7 percent, acknowledging that 'deep-seated problems in the country’s economy are becoming more obvious'. Three months later and thousands of miles away in Washington, the World Bank lowered its growth forecasts across the board and asked...