IMF slashes its forecasts for the global economy and warns of soaring debt levels

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2. ouch, this means donnie will leave a smaller economy than when he started.

2020 will undo the growth of the last 3 years.

politically, this will turn another of lichtman's keys -- long-term economy -- average real gdp during the 4 years of the current administration being less than during the previous 8 years, and put another analytical nail in the coffin of donnie's re-election chances.

in other words, donnie's economic performance will be worse than the obama performance that the right always loved to complain about.