IMF: Global economy may increase by about four and a half percent this year and in the next year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global economy increase of 4.4 percent for 2010 and a somewhat stronger, 4.5 percent for 2011, which is equal to its forecast published in January this year – reports Italian ANSA news agency.

The ANSA stresses that the report contains the datas that were released before the Libyan war and before the Japanese earthquake. The IMF forecasts that the two-speed development also continues in the global economy – reports MTI.