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The International Monetary Fund predicts growth would decelerate worldwide.

The rate of land movement decelerated as much as 80% as of early October compared with the month prior at several monitoring sites, the report said.

For the first time in months, that area saw movement decelerating, although the worst spots still were shifting 11 inches per week in August.

Mike Phipps, the city’s contracted geologist, said that overall movement had started to naturally decelerate in August for the first time in months, probably because there hadn’t been rain in the last five months.

For the first time in months, recent measurements from across the landslide area — from July 1 to Aug. 1 — showed the overall rate of land movement had decelerated, by about 1%.