Brussels, 04/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of the publication of its half-yearly forecasts, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Thursday announced growth in the euro zone of 2.6% for 2001, down on its last quarterly forecasts where it predicted growth of 3.1% for Euroland. These figures do, however, remain higher than those of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which predict a growth of 2.4%. Cautious in view of a slowdown in the economy, it...