Trump chaos driving bleak economic outlook

About this episode

The episode discusses the bleak economic outlook as highlighted by the latest IMF report, with a focus on the political implications of Trump's actions.

It reads like a dystopian sci-fi novel, but the latest IMF report on the global economy refuses to name the orange elephant in the room.

Topics covered

• economic outlook
• global economy
• IMF report
• political impact
• Trump

Keywords

• Trump
• IMF
• global economy
• economic outlook
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IMF

Places: Australia

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