Putting the global slowdown into perspective

The global economy is set to expand by less than 3% for the second year running in 2016. That is a lot less than the 4%+ growth rates seen a decade ago. But in the grand sweep of history, current growth rates are not unusually weak, nor do they suggest that the world economy is on the cusp of a crisis. 

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