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France 24
France 24
Business
Jean-Luc MOUNIER

‘Severe economic slowdown’ awaits Europe as energy crunch bites

A picture taken on June 8, 2012 in Paris, shows words cut from newspapers to illustrate recession, crisis and financial situation in Europe. © Joel Saget, AFP

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a gloomy economic forecast for 2023 on September 26 – suggesting that Europe faces a very difficult economic climate if the current energy crisis worsens, with winter temperatures likely to be a decisive factor.

Across the globe, the OECD projects GDP to be $2.8 trillion lower than the Paris-based forum expected before Russia invaded Ukraine – a diminishing of expectations equivalent in size to the entire French economy.

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