Posted on 05/26/2005 5:13:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
OECD warns of wider global economic gaps
By Brian Childs International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005
PARIS Differences in economic performance are widening between Europe, Asia and the United States, with possible long-term consequences for global growth and the stability of the dollar, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Tuesday.
The U.S. economy is enjoying a "soft landing" that may warrant higher interest rates to curb consumption, while growth prospects in Asia continue to strengthen, the Paris-based research group said in a semi-annual assessment of the global economy.
But in Europe, the outlook is dim enough that the European Central Bank must consider cutting borrowing costs by at least another half-point, from a historically low level of 2 percent, to stimulate growth, the chief economist, Jean-Philippe Cotis, said on Monday, before the report was released.
The recommendation came as the OECD cut its growth forecast for the economy of the 12-member euro zone to 1.2 percent this year from an estimate of 1.9 percent in December. The OECD, an organization of developed countries, said it expected growth of no more than 2 percent in 2006.
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Ping!
.7%? That's a hell of alot? that's a 1/3 overestimate? or 33% more than actually is going to happen?
that's not an estimate. Someone's got an agenda that's falling apart.
Hmm. Call it a 25% overestimate
"The U.S. economy is enjoying a "soft landing" that may warrant higher interest rates to curb consumption,"
Are they saying that we have to 'slow' our economy down to make it more 'even' with Europe, and therefore more 'fair'?
"Are they saying that we have to 'slow' our economy down to make it more 'even' with Europe, and therefore more 'fair'?"
I think they all it "harmonization".
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