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European growth half of global average, says IMF
By EUobserver
Global growth is set to slow this year to 3.3%, its weakest pace since the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday. Overall EU growth is seen unchanged at only 1.5% for 2015, but up from 0.8% in 2014. Germany and France remained unchanged at 1.6% and 1.2%.