Robust' US has helped improve global economic outlook, IMF chief says
Washington - Strong growth in the United States has helped to lift the outlook for the world economy, but more needs to be done to stem a slide in productivity, the head of the IMF said Thursday.
'Global growth is marginally stronger on account of robust activity in the United States and in many emerging markets economies,' International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in prepa