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let s get down to business and we start with the big picture. the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% over the next five years according to the head of the international monetary fund, kristalina geogieva. her comments were made ahead of the imf and world bank s spring meetings which kick off today in washington. our north america business correspondent samira hussain is there. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result, however, we have some of the weakest growth projections by the international monetary fund since the 1990s. with the world s finance ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week, the increasingly fragile global economy will certainly be the focus, along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those interest rate rises. now, the high inflation, however, is already having an impact on ....