Home Business Global economy in 2020 on track for sharpest downturn since 1930s: IMF Business Global economy in 2020 on track for sharpest downturn since 1930s: IMF By Genpie - April 14, 2020 102 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.