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The European Central Bank slightly lowers its eurozone growth forecast for 2020 to 1.1 percent from 1.2 percent, but sees output strengthening in the following two years, according to President of the European Central Bank. SOUNDBITE from Lagarde
The OECD raises its global economic growth forecast for 2024, driven by strong performances in the United States and emerging countries while Europe lags behind. The US economy -- the world's biggest -- is now expected to expand 2.6 percent in 2024, up from the 2.1 percent previously expected. But the OECD expects timid growth of 0.7 percent in the eurozone, slightly better than the 0.6 percent previously expected. 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 International Monetary Fund slightly lowers its outlook for the global economy, predicting the global economy will grow by 2.8 percent this year and three percent in 2024, a decline of 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecasts in January. 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