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The International Monetary Fund revises its eurozone growth forecast for 2022 "downward by 1.1 percentage points" from its January estimate, to 2.8 percent, IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says as he presents the latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
The EU sharply cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2024, Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni says. Gentiloni says the European Commission predicts the single-currency economic area to grow by 0.8 percent in 2024, down from a previous forecast of 1.2 percent. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission cut its 2023 and 2024 eurozone economic growth forecasts, with the single currency area weighed down by Germany's poor performance. "The EU GDP growth for 2023 is now estimated at 0.8%, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than projected in spring," says Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner for Economy. SOUNDBITE
The European Central Bank slashes its growth outlook for the eurozone to 2.8 percent in 2022 and 2.1 percent in 2023, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine wreaks havoc on the world economy. SOUNDBITE
Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, announces that the EU is sharply cutting its eurozone growth forecast for 2022 to 2.7 percent as the bloc struggles with skyrocketing energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
EU economic affairs commissioner Paolo Gentiloni says that the bloc has increased its growth forecast for 2021, as the eurozone economy holds strong against higher energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks and a fresh wave of Covid cases. SOUNDBITE