Oil price slump boosts EU economy - IMF

The fund’s latest outlook shows an upswing in recent months, with the economies of all 28 member states now growing

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Brian Beary

14 avril 2015 à 0h21

The eurozone economy is forecast to grow 1.5% in 2015, or about 0.2% more than the European Commission's winter forecast, released in February, said it would. France, Germany and Spain are among those enjoying faster growth, while Italy remains the laggard, expected to grow by just 0.5%. The economy experiencing fastest growth is Ireland (3.9%), while GDP growth is weakest in Cyprus (0.2%). With growth of 1.8% forecast in the EU, the rate is higher than in Japan (+1%) but…

IMF-World Bank spring meetings

Three EU commissioners will be in Washington for the IMF and World Bank spring meetings on 17-19 April: Valdis Dombrovskis (euro and social dialogue), Pierre Moscovici (economic and financial affairs) and Mimica Neven (development and international cooperation). On the eve of the meetings, the finance ministers of Germany and Greece, Wolfgang Schäuble and Yannis Varoufakis, are due to speak at the Brookings Institution think tank at separate events.

par Brian Beary

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