The International Monetary Fund has cut its projections for global economic growth this year, including for the United States, citing a slowdown in emerging economies such as China.
But in its revision to the semiannual World Economic Outlook, the IMF on Tuesday kept its 2016 forecast for Japan unchanged, citing support for the economy from the government and central bank among other factors.
The IMF said the global economy will grow 3.4 percent in 2016 in terms of real gross domestic product, down 0.2 percentage point from the earlier estimate, made in October.