a growth downgrade the i.m.f. triggers its outlook for the world economy the courts treat tensions between the united states and its trading partner it's also coming up is the slow death of diesel speeding up all of a sudden of course in berlin rules on a ban in parts of the german capital. this is your business update on how. glad you could join me the international monetary fund has cut its global growth forecast down from almost four percent to three point seven percent it cites trade tensions and rising interest rates the announcement coming at the annual meeting of the i.m.f. and world bank currently taking place in indonesia. the us china trade war is said to make the world poorer according to the i.m.f. and a prolonged conflict could mean more shocks to the global economy. impacts of trade policy and uncertainty are becoming evident at the macroeconomic level while anecdotal evidence or q it's result in harm to companies. policy reflects politics and politics remain unsettled in several countries posing further risk

president trump's comments as the trigger for the sump i think it's been a long time coming there have been concerns about. the growth growth for costs going forward which the i.m.f. i think crystallized in comments earlier this week these were unexpected comments from the i.m.f. christine lagarde signaled that the i.m.f. will likely to downgrade their global growth growth all costs for next year two or three weeks ago but nonetheless at a time of escalating trade tensions high valuations for u.s. stocks particularly the tech sector and the fact that u.s. bond yields are on the rise and likely to push quite a bit higher investors of looks at the gap between u.s. bond yields and the dividend yield the trailing dividend yield on the s. and p. five hundred the nasdaq and basically concluded not on reasonably that that gap is too wide it's time for a little bit of profit taking head at the start of the earning season in the us which starts at the end of this week and i think there's a concern that an awful lot of these companies could well be guiding lower their guidance for the next twelve months and now is as good a time as any to take some money off the table and

prison terms comments as the trigger for the sump i think it's been a long time coming there have been concerns about. the growth growth for costs going forward which the i.m.f. i think crystallized in comments earlier this week these were unexpected comments from the i.m.f. christine lagarde signaled that well it's a downgrade to global growth growth for costs for next year two or three weeks ago but nonetheless at a time of escalating trade tensions high valuations for u.s. stocks particularly the tech sector and the fact that u.s. bond yields are on the rise and likely to push quite a bit higher investors have looked at the gap between u.s. bond yields and the dividend yield the trailing dividend yield on the s. and p. five hundred the nasdaq and basically concluded not on reasonably that that gap is to why it is time for a little bit of profit taking head at the start of the earning season in the u.s. which starts at the end of this week and i think this. concern that an awful lot of these companies could well be guiding lower they guidance for the next twelve months and now is as good a time as any to take some money off the table and obviously that has

a growth downgrade the i.m.f. triggers its outlook for the world economy of course trade tensions between the united states and its trading partners also coming up is the slow death of diesel speeding up all of a sudden of course in berlin rules on a ban in parts of the german capital. this is your business update on helena humphrey in berlin glad you could join me the international monetary fund has cut its global growth forecast down from almost four percent to three point seven percent it cites trade tensions and rising interest rates the announcement coming at the annual meeting of the i.m.f. and world bank currently taking place in indonesia. the us china trade war is said to make the world poorer according to the i.m.f. .