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IMF foresees global economy accelerating by 3.5 percent this year

By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press
Published: April 23, 2017, 5:03am

WASHINGTON — A resilient China, rising commodity prices and sturdy financial markets are offering a sunnier outlook for the global economy and helping dispel the gloom that has lingered since the Great Recession ended.

That’s the picture sketched last week by the International Monetary Fund, which predicts that the world economy will grow 3.5

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