South East Europe Regular Economic Report, November 2011
The recovery of global growth that started in 2010 began to weaken in 2011. During the first half the falloff was linked to the Tohoku nuclear disaster in Japan and high oil prices, but by the end of July, temporary effects from Tohoku were startin...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/281551468101065964/South-East-Europe-regular-economic-report-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26833 |
Summary: | The recovery of global growth that
started in 2010 began to weaken in 2011. During the first
half the falloff was linked to the Tohoku nuclear disaster
in Japan and high oil prices, but by the end of July,
temporary effects from Tohoku were starting to fade and
global industrial production was rising. However, since
August the global economy has come under increasing stress
from the sovereign debt problems in Europe, anemic growth in
the US, and a slowdown in China and other main emerging
markets. The latest leading indicators and forecasts point
to a further slowdown in growth in Europe. Meanwhile, risks
remain of a double-dip recession in the US and sharper
slowdown in the large emerging economies. Near term
developments depend critically on factors that are largely
beyond the control of governments. As this is being written,
leaders of the major European Union (EU) countries are still
seeking to implement a set of credible policies to establish
an orderly process for managing sovereign debt in Greece, to
prevent risks from spreading to other economies in the euro
zone, to recapitalize banks affected by likely sovereign
debt write downs, and to establish a more unified and
effective fiscal framework for euro zone (EZ) states.
Uncertainty over their ability to successfully conclude this
process, as well a series of ratings downgrades, stock
market volatility and uncertainty over US deficit policies
have shaken investor and business confidence and kept
consumers wary. Most forecasters have already reduced their
projections for global growth in the US and the EU by a
percent or more. |
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