Global GDP Growth ... graph

[RedEarth]

IMF: "World Growth Grinds to Virtual Halt..."
Well, that's the IMF Survey title, describing the IMF's World Economic Outlook.

Figure 2, pretty much sums up the situation.....cliff diving

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Do not worry

The economy is basically sound:silly:

[SurfingScientist]

2. Compared to this, the dot.com crash...

(I assume that's the dip around 2000/2001) looks like a walk in the park.
The graph stops at Nov 08, I wonder whether the decline rate is still -30 to -45.