国际货币基金组织大幅降低其经济预期，表示世界经济2009年将出现60年来的第一次收缩。在星期四发表的报告中，国际货币基金组织官员敦促各国政府为遏制经济下滑采取更多措施。
这个全球借贷机构表示，世界经济可能出现最多达1%的收缩。该机构的研究报告说，各发达经济体将出现严重衰退，美国经济向下滑2.6%，日本将急剧下滑5.8%。
国际货币基金组织把对新兴经济和发展中国家的发展预期降低了一半，表示这些国家的经济增长率将为2.5%或更低。报告预测，大部分国家将于2010年出现小幅经济回升。
对全球经济的这一预期大大低于国际货币基金组织1月发表的预期，当时的预测是缓慢增长。
The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its economic forecast and now says the world economy will shrink for the first time in 60 years during 2009. As the report was published Thursday, IMF officials urged governments to do more to fight the downturn.
The global lender said the world economy could shrink as much as one percent. The IMF study says advanced economies will suffer a “deep recession,” with the United States economy declining at a 2.6 percent rate, and Japan falling at a sharp 5.8 percent.
The IMF cut growth projections for emerging and developing countries in half, saying they will expand 2.5 percent or less this year. The report predicts a modest economic recovery in 2010 for most nations.
This global economic forecast is sharply lower than the IMF’s projections issued in January, which predicted slow growth.