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Economic Update

IFM Investors Chief Economist Dr Alex Joiner comments on the latest global economic news and trends.
As the second half of 2018 begins it appears that peak investor and participant bullishness towards the much vaunted synchronous global economic cycle has now passed. It is early days, but there are already signs that this cycle is becoming distinctly less synchronous as variations in economic growth become more prevalent.
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