Powered by MOMENTUM MEDIA
the adviser logo
Growth

Global economy to shrink in 2009 on back of crisis

by Staff Reporter7 minute read
The Adviser

The World Bank has forecasted the international economy to shrink in 2009 for the first time since World War Two.

In a paper for next Saturday’s meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, the World Bank said global economic growth would be at least 5 percentage points below potential, with global industrial production to fall as much as 15 per cent from 2008 levels.

“World trade is on track in 2009 to record its largest decline in 80 years, with the sharpest losses in East Asia,” the Bank said in a statement released yesterday.

 

default
magazine
Read the latest issue of The Adviser magazine!
The Adviser is the number one magazine for Australia's finance and mortgage brokers. The publications delivers news, analysis, business intelligence, sales and marketing strategies, research and key target reports to an audience of professional mortgage and finance brokers
Read more