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Washington – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its forecast for the growth of the global economy for 2013 from 4.1% to 3.9%, noting the downward pressure caused by the continuing debt crisis in Europe, which has started to reduce the growth of the Chinese and Indian economies, the report of the organization reads.

IMF specialists predict that in 2012 global GDP will grow by 3.5%, while earlier it expected a 3.6% rise.