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The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) has released its real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasts for 2024, and while global growth is projected to stay steady at 3.2%, various major nations are seeing declining forecasts. This chart visualizes the 2024 real GDP growth forecasts using data from the IMF’s 2024 World Economic Outlook for G7 and ...
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Most readers are probably familiar with the basic math behind interest rates and bond prices: When interest rates go up, bond prices go down. As the market recalibrates what a bond’s future cash flows are currently worth, a higher discount rate reduces the value of future coupon payments, resulting in lower bond prices. But there’s also a secondary impact ...