Five statements are given below, labelled a,b,c,d and e. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

Options

A. A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.
B. The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.
C. Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern.
D. Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias ?

Answer

D

Explanation

This statement differs form IMF's optimism bias.