Global recovery 'still at risk'
06:46 Tue Jul 17, 2012
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The global economic recovery is still at risk, and eurozone economies remain in a “precarious” situation, the International Monetary Fund has said.
A delayed or insufficient response from European leaders to the crisis would further derail the recovery, it said.
The IMF downgraded its forecast for global growth for 2013 to 3.9% from the 4.1% prediction it made in April.
One of the biggest downward revisions was to the UK, now expected to grow by 1.4% in 2013. In April it predicted 2%.
The forecast for growth in 2012 was also reduced for the UK, down to 0.2% from the 0.8% cited in April.
The IMF’s prediction for world output this year – as measured by gross domestic product – was little changed at 3.5%.
In its updated World Economic Outlook, which is published twice each year, the Washington-based lender said: “Downside risks continue to loom large, importantly reflecting risks of delayed or insufficient policy action.”
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