Brussels, 18/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that the EU's growth forecasts for 2005 may be scaled back from the forecasts made in April 2004. Bloomberg quotes a draft version of the report (to be published on 26 October), announcing revised growth forecasts of 2.1% (rather than 2.3% as forecast in April). The forecasts may be scaled back as a result of rising oil prices, a slowdown in US growth and the hike in the euro on the dollar, notes the...