JP Morgan is now forecasting a global recession
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JP Morgan is now forecasting a global recession

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Via Martin Wolf and Nouriel Roubini comes the latest global forecast from JP Morgan:

"Once again, we have taken an axe to near-term growth forecasts for the developed world and will likely follow up with additional downward revisions for emerging economies in the coming weeks. Already, our forecasts suggest that global gross domestic product will contract at a near 1 per cent annual rate” in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

JPMorgan expects shrinkage this quarter at an annualised rate of 4 per cent in the US, 3 per cent in the UK and 2 per cent in the eurozone. It is forecasting 0.4 per cent global growth in 2009, with advanced countries shrinking 0.5 per cent and emerging ones growing 4.2 per cent."

Ouch. And that is before the forecast for emerging economies has been revised down to reflect recent turmoil.

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