(Corrects to say world, not IMF, needs $2 trillion.)

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The world may need a total of $2 trillion to cover all global economic eventualities, Naoyuki Shinohara, a deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund, said today at a briefing in Tokyo.

--Editor: Paul Panckhurst

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