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The IMF warns the world economy is heading for its weakest pace of growth in more than 30 years as it cuts its medium-term outlook. The fund’s chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas tells CNBC that recent market turmoil has moved the conversation on from growth/inflation onto financial stability versus inflation. Despite the instability seen in the banking sector, the IMF’s Director of Monetary and Capital Markets, Tobias Adrian, believes that financial regulators were correct to move quickly to mitigate contagion. Swiss lawmakers symbolically reject the UBS-Credit Suisse rescue deal at the beginning of an extraordinary parliamentary session investigating the takeover that is expected to last three days. And HSBC swoops for more than 40 former SVB investment bankers as it looks to target health and tech opportunities in the U.S. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .