Thursday , 21 November 2024

Guess Which Country is On List of 15 Projected to Have Most Sluggish Economies in 2013-14? Take a Look

The 15 countries that we project to grow the slowest over 2013-14 include, not surprisingly, dysfunctional countries with weak leadership and debt-laden countries with limited financial flexibility, but also developed countries that are just too big to grow quickly. [Here they are hyperlinked to a page of information on each country.]

So says Matthew Boesler (www.businessinsider.com) in edited excerpts from his original post*.

Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!), has edited the article below for length and clarity – see Editor’s Note at the bottom of the page. This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.

Boesler goes on to say, “We took a look at the IMF’s growth forecasts broken out by country and identified the 15 that are projected to grow the slowest over 2013-2014.” [They are listed below in descending order.]

  1. Sudan
  2. Swaziland
  3. Italy
  4. Spain
  5. Belgium
  6. Netherlands (Holland)
  7. Jamaica
  8. Portugal
  9. Croatia
  10. Greece
  11. Cyprus
  12. Germany
  13. France
  14. Iran
  15. Denmark

*Source

Editor’s Note: The above article may have been edited ([ ]), abridged (…), and reformatted (including the title, some sub-titles and bold/italics emphases) for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure a fast and easy read. The article’s views and conclusions are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original article.

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