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Fizzle

New York, August 16, 2010
By John Stephenson

The powerful economic growth of the first half of 2010 appears to have fizzled as economies around the world have slowed to a crawl. No longer will economists have to warn about the prospects of a dramatically slower second half of 2010, as it appears that the dreaded slowdown has already arrived. For many, this has come as a surprise. Low interest rates, boatloads of fiscal stimulus and a recovery in world trade were expected to propel global growth for at least the first half of this year.

In the U.S. , weaker-than-expected export numbers and slower inventory restocking caused the U.S. economic engine to sputter in June. The result was a revised second quarter growth rate for the American economy of just one and a half percent. And that's sparked fears of a double-dip recession in the U.S. , as stimulus expires and austerity measures begin to take hold in Europe.

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