一个新的报告预测，世界各主要经济体今年的通货膨胀压力很可能减小，但经济活动将仍疲软。这些是经济合作与发展组织发表的一份报告提出的主要的研究发现。
该组织官员今天(星期二)说，石油、粮食等主要商品的成本看来将维持稳定，这可能降低通货膨胀率，并增强消费者的信心。但报告警告说，难以对世界各主要经济体做出长期预测。
这个总部设在巴黎的组织说，由主要工业国家组成的七国集团今年的平均经济增长率将在1.4%左右。报告还警告说，英国经济可能进入衰退期，其他大多数欧洲国家经济则增长平缓。
报告说，美国经济增长率将略高于七国集团的平均增长率，而日本的经济增长速度将增长更慢。
A new report predicts that inflation will ease in the world’s larger economies this year, but economic activity will remain weak. Those are the key findings of a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
OECD officials said today (Tuesday) that the costs of key commodities such as oil and food appear to be stabilizing, which could lower inflation rates and boost consumer confidence. But the report warns it is difficult to make long-term predictions about the world’s major economies.
The Paris-based agency says the economies of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations (the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada) will grow an average of about one-point-four percent this year. However, the report warns that the British economy may be entering a recession, and that growth for most other European countries will remain flat.
It says the U.S. economy will grow a bit faster than the G-7 average, while Japan’s economic growth will be slower.