Brexit to drag global growth through 2017 – IMF

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The uncertainty created by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will slow the global economy into next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted on Tuesday.

Last month’s populist victory in the British referendum has darkened the skies in that country and across the euro area, according to the global crisis lender, forcing it to cut April’s growth forecasts and rattling what had already been a fragile recovery.