Ignore slowdown; global economy is actually speeding up: Here's how

For the optimists, there are signs of a rebound all over the world. The US is showing more momentum on the back of a revived consumer, and China is enjoying surprisingly robust manufacturing growth

Investors and economists are increasingly at odds over the outlook for the world economy.
 

Those trading money worry the low-inflation, solid growth of the past year is coming to an end, leading to nervous equities and bonds. By contrast, economists and policy makers wager the first-quarter slowdown was a blip and that a decent expansion will soon resume.
 

Here’s our weekly wrap of what’s going on in the world economy.
 

Blip Slowdown
 

For the optimists, there are signs of a rebound all over the world. The US is showing more momentum on the back of a revived consumer, and China