Fertilizer Markets and Finance

On this blog I make posts about what's new in the fertilizer industry and how it's markets are affected by geopolitical developments, environmental changes and monetary policies. This blog also focuses on developments in major fertilizer companies such as Potash Corp, Mosaic, Agrium, Uralkali and BPC. Thanks for viewing.

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The global economy faces “major downside risks” as its recovery continues to be threatened by stresses in the euro area, the International Monetary Fund said in a report prepared for the Group of 20 nations.

The world economic expansion will slow to 3.3 percent this year from 3.8 percent in 2011, according to the surveillance report prepared for the meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Mexico City Feb 25-26. The euro economy is forecast to contract 0.5 percent this year, compared with growth of 1.6 percent in 2011.

“The overarching risk remains an intensified global ‘paradox of thrift’ as households, firms, and governments around the world reduce demand,” the Washington-based IMF said in the report. “This risk is further exacerbated by fragile financial systems, high public deficits and debt and already-low interest rates.”

“Advanced economies are experiencing weak and bumpy growth, reflecting both the legacies from the crisis and spillovers from Europe,” according to the report.

Read more at Bloomberg

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