| The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Olivier Blanchard attends a press conference at the IMF headquarters in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Jan. 24, 2012. IMF on Tuesday sharply lowered global economic growth forecast to 3.3 percent in 2012, as the global recovery was threatened by an escalating eurozone debt crisis. (Xinhua/Wang Yiou) |
