Global growth for 2013 will now be lower than previous estimates, according to the International Monetary Fund, as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to pose a large downside risk to the economy.
IMF Cuts World Growth Forecast
Global growth for 2013 will be lower than previously estimated says the International Monetary Fund. IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard tells CNBC why.
World output, which was 3.2 percent last year, will again be weighed down by continuing problems in Europe and is predicted to be 3.5 percent this year, down from 3.6 percent in its last forecast.
The IMF now expects the euro zone to contract 0.2 percent in 2013, instead of a 0.2 percent expansion predicted in October.
"We're going back to a good place, but we're going back to that good place very slowly," Olivier Blanchard, chief economist at the IMF, told CNBC Wednesday.
Estimates for Germany and Italy have changed the most, with the IMF suggesting that German growth will now be 0.6 percent instead of 0.9 percent. Italy, which will hold elections next month, will see a slide of 1 percent, compared to a decline of 0.7 percent in October's forecast. The U.S. meanwhile is set to see 3 percent growth t



根據(jù)國際貨幣基金組織，隨著歐洲的主權(quán)債務(wù)危機(jī)持續(xù)對經(jīng)濟(jì)造成大規(guī)模下跌風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，2013年的全球增長將低于之前的預(yù)計(jì)。

IMF（國際貨幣基金組織）降低全球增長預(yù)測
國際貨幣基金組織稱，2013年的全球增長將低于之前的預(yù)計(jì)。IMF首席經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家Olivier Blanchard告訴了CNBC（美國全國廣播公司財(cái)經(jīng)頻道）其原因。
由于歐洲持續(xù)不斷的問題，在去年為3.2%的全球總產(chǎn)出預(yù)計(jì)今年會(huì)是3.5%，低于上次預(yù)測中的3.6%。
IMF目前預(yù)測歐元區(qū)會(huì)在2013年收縮0.2%，而非