The IMF is talking straight.\u00a0 That’s good because we need to be realistic.\u00a0 And realism will rejuvenate confidence.\u00a0 False starts just create pain.<\/p>\n
The IMF warns that the global recession is likely to be “unusually long and severe, and the recovery sluggish”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n See IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) Crisis and Recovery April 2009 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n BBC’s IMF sees long and severe slowdown here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The IMF is talking straight.\u00a0 That’s good because we need to be realistic.\u00a0 And realism will rejuvenate confidence.\u00a0 False starts just create pain. The IMF warns that the global recession is likely to be “unusually long and severe, and the recovery sluggish”. See IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) Crisis and Recovery April 2009 here. BBC’s …
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