Is the IMF right to be so bearish about the world economy?

The management of the IMF has suggested that the world economy is slowing sharply and warned that things could get a lot worse. But in our view, although global growth may have slipped a little recently, it is not grinding to a halt, and neither have the risks of a recession suddenly escalated.

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