Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Global Growth to slip 3% in 2008 - IMF

NVDL: It may be fairer to say economic activity is basically overs kadovers. The markets are just doing their equations but the realisation is filtering through. The party is over.
clipped from www.iol.co.za
Paris - The global financial crisis may have "extremely serious" consequences - including famines - in developing countries in Africa and Latin America, the IMF said on Monday.

"The consequences country by country depend on the strucuture of their economies," he told reporters at a conference of European and Latin American officials in Paris.

"The consequences may be extremely serious because they will be counted in terms of famine or malnutrition in children," he warned.
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