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Global Economic Forescast is Looking up

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  Last year, the International Monetary Fund repeatedly downgraded its forecast for the global economic outlook.  After coming into twenty sixteen suggesting that global economic conditions would improve, the Fund eventually downgraded its estimate of twenty-sixteen global economic expansion to three point one percent.  That was the worst year for global growth since the financial crisis ended.  

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Anirban Basu, Chariman Chief Executive Officer of Sage Policy Group (SPG), is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's leading economic consultants. Prior to founding SPG he was Chairman and CEO of Optimal Solutions Group, a company he co-founded and which continues to operate. Anirban has also served as Director of Applied Economics and Senior Economist for RESI, where he used his extensive knowledge of the Mid-Atlantic region to support numerous clients in their strategic decision-making processes. Clients have included the Maryland Department of Transportation, St. Paul Companies, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Players Committee and the Martin O'Malley mayoral campaign.