FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde briefs the media during a news conference at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, April 2 the global economy is at a “delicate moment” with a hoped-for rebound in growth later this year being threatened by a variety of factors such as rising trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Lagarde said the IMF does not forecast a recession in its updated economic outlook to be released next week but she called the current situation “precarious” and vulnerable to policy mistakes. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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