IMF delivers sobering report on U.S. economy
Clip: 6/22/2016 | 7m 35s
The seven-year economic recovery is starting to slow.
A new outlook issued Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund drew some startling conclusions about the U.S. economy. The report asserts that the American middle class is gradually shrinking, the seven-year economic recovery is starting to slow and the pronounced income equality divide may become worse without drastic action. Judy Woodruff talks to Christine Lagarde of the IMF for more.
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IMF delivers sobering report on U.S. economy
Clip: 6/22/2016 | 7m 35s
A new outlook issued Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund drew some startling conclusions about the U.S. economy. The report asserts that the American middle class is gradually shrinking, the seven-year economic recovery is starting to slow and the pronounced income equality divide may become worse without drastic action. Judy Woodruff talks to Christine Lagarde of the IMF for more.
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