Brent slid from the lowest closing price in 27 months after the cut global economic growth forecasts. West Texas Intermediate fell before data that may show U.S. crude stockpiles rose. Futures dropped as much as 1.5 percent in London , falling for a second day. The world’s economy will expand by 3.8 percent next year, down from a forecast of 4 percent in July, the Washington-based IMF said in a report yesterday. Crude inventories probably expanded by 2 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg News survey before data from the Energy Information Administration today. The EIA, the Energy Department’s statistical arm, cut its price forecasts in a monthly report yesterday. “The IMF growth downgrade reinforces the narrative of the last few weeks meaning that demand is set to remain soft,” , a London-based market analyst at CMC Markets Plc, said by e-mail. “It looks like we’re set […]