Assessing Global Industrial Growth Outlook
ECRI
27-March-2008
With the U.S. economy on a recession track and recession risks appearing abroad, the global industrial slowdown has clearly taken hold. Meanwhile, inflation has risen to multi-year highs in a number of economies, driven primarily by the soaring cost of food and energy. ECRI’s analysis, which warned of slowing global industrial growth as early as last July, examines the nature of the recent surge in global inflation and offers fresh insights into the outlook for global industrial growth.
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