Gita Gopinath (C), IMF chief economist, and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti (L), the IMF's deputy director for research, attend a press conference in Santiago, Chile, July 23, 2019. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its global growth forecast to 3.2 percent in 2019, according to a report released here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)