OECD countries enter period of sustained slowdown . - GDP growth is expected to decline next year by 0.9% in the US, 0.5% in the eurozone and 0.1% in Japan. According to the most recent statistics of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, published on 13 November, OECD countries are entering a protracted period of slowdown. GDP for all OECD countries is expected to contract in 2009 by 0.3% in annual terms before slightly recovering in 2010 with a growth rate of 1.5%. The...