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Draghi: Interview with Le Monde
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its global growth forecasts because of Europe. Is there a risk of recession? No. Since the start of the year, the risks of a deterioration in the economy that we had feared have certainly materialised in part. The situation has gradually worsened, but not to the point of plunging the whole of the Monetary Union into recession. We still expect a very gradual improvement in the situation by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Thanks to the ECB? The cuts in interest rates at the end of 2011 and in July should produce their effects, as should the ... (full story)