IMF report sees soft landing for world economy
The International Monetary Fund is forecasting a 'soft landing' for the world economy and 4.9-per-cent growth in 2007, German government officials said Tuesday 10 April, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
The IMF report, due for public release on Wednesday, listed the chief areas of risk as energy prices, a spurt in protectionism, ripples from the crisis in the US housing market, a sudden adjustment of world imbalances and financial-market fluctuations, the sources said.
But it said the dan
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