Merrill: U.S. Will Drag Down World Economy In 2007

Sept. 18, 2006
Inflation-adjusted GDP growth slowing to under 2% next year in the U.S. will lower world GDP growth to 4.4% in 2007, believe the economists at Merrill Lynch & Co. This year, real GDP growth in the U.S. will likely be about 3.5% and world GDP growth is ...

Inflation-adjusted GDP growth slowing to under 2% next year in the U.S. will lower world GDP growth to 4.4% in 2007, believe the economists at Merrill Lynch & Co.

This year, real GDP growth in the U.S. will likely be about 3.5% and world GDP growth is expected to be 5.2%.

In the U.S. in 2007, "the only question is whether the housing recession will morph into a more generalized downturn like the capex recession did in the opening months of 2001," contends the New York-based financial firm.

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