International Monetary Fund Holds a News Conference On the World Economic Outlook

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International Monetary Fund Holds a News Conference On the World Economic Outlook

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OCTOBER 2, 2008

SPEAKERS: CHARLES COLLYNS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

THOMAS HELBLING, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND SUBIR LALL, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

FLORENCE JAUMOTTE, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

CONNIE LOTZE, MEDIA RELATIONS. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

[*] LOTZE: Good morning, everybody. Good day.

I'm Connie Lotze of IMF Media Relations. And let me welcome you to our press briefing on the analytical chapter of the 2008 October World Economic Outlook, chapters three to six.

As you know, that chapters one and two of the Global Economic Outlook will be released next week on Wednesday, October 8th. So this briefing is only on the chapters three to six, and it is embargoed until 10:30 a.m., Washington time, which is 1430, GMT.

Let me introduce the panel before we start.

In the center is Charles Collyns, Deputy Director of the Research Department. To Charles' left is Thomas Helbling, one of the authors of chapter three, on comm...

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