{"id":2696,"date":"2017-07-24T02:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T06:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2017-07-27T02:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:54:20","slug":"canadian-economic-growth-will-be-fastest-among-g7-this-year-imf-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/canadian-economic-growth-will-be-fastest-among-g7-this-year-imf-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Economic Growth Will Be Fastest Among G7 This Year, IMF Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Economic Growth Will Be Fastest Among G7 This Year, IMF Says<\/h1>\n

The International Monetary Fund expects Canada to lead the G7 for economic growth this year.<\/p>\n

The IMF raised its outlook for Canada as part of its latest world economic outlook update.<\/p>\n

It now expects the Canadian economy to grow by 2.5 per cent in 2017, up from its April projection of 1.9 per cent.<\/p>\n

The IMF says it revised its 2017 outlook for Canada following strong growth in the first quarter and indications of “resilient second-quarter activity.”<\/p>\n

However, it trimmed its outlook for Canada for 2018 to 1.9 per cent compared with its earlier forecast for 2.0 per cent.<\/p>\n

The IMF says global economic growth is expected to be 3.5 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2018, unchanged from the April forecast. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian Economic Growth Will Be Fastest Among G7 This Year, IMF Says<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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