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Washington - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday improved its forecast for the US economy for the first time since a deep economic crisis struck last year, citing indicators that the worst may be over. The IMF said the world's largest economy will shrink 2.5 per cent this year, revising its April prediction of a 2.8-per-cent contraction for 2009.