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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9652

29 April 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Commission forecasts confirm slowdown in growth and inflationary spike in 2008

Brussels, 28/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The new economic forecasts from the European Commission do not contain any real surprises. Unveiled on Monday 28 April, the spring forecasts are counting on growth of 2% in 2008 and 1.8% in 2009 from 2.8% in 2007 (1.7% and 1.5% in the euro area from 2.6% in 2007). Forecasts about economic activity are therefore slightly down but the situation is barely different to that forecast a few months ago with the intermediate February forecasts (EUROPE...

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