Brussels, 03/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - It comes as no surprise that the Commission's autumn economic forecasts for the European Union and the eurozone are bad for 2009. The financial crisis is at the core of the slowdown in economic activity at the international and European level and no economy is spared. The only positive note in a very black picture is the rapid fall in inflation that should last throughout 2009. Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, responsible for economic and monetary affairs,...