OECD says economic slowdown entrenched in Russia, India & China

Giving a glum outlook for the leading emerging global economies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) said on Thursday that Russia, China and India will continue to face an economic slowdown over the coming economic quarters.

The Paris-based economic think-tank, was cited by Reuters as saying that its composite leading indicator for China held steady in July from June at 99.1, a rate consistent with an economic slowdown and below the long-term average of 100. The indicator for India also remained stable but at the even lower level of 98.1, while Russia's index dropped to 99.1, from 99.6 in June, Reuters added.

China managed a minor economic recovery but output in the Eurozone, Japan and South Korea slowed sharply, the OECD said, adding that Britain and Italy also showed shrinking output data. Some emerging economies showed relatively resilient growth, according to the OECD.

The easing for the G20 (Group of 20) area marks the third quarter running of slowing growth but “masks diverging patterns,” with a moderate slowing in the United States and contraction in the Eurozone, Reuters cited the OECD as saying.

Economic Growth in China picked up to 1.8 percent from 1.6 percent and in Brazil to 0.4 percent from 0.1 percent, in Indonesia to 1.6 percent from 1.4 percent and in South Africa to 0.8 percent from 0.7 percent, OECD said.

According to the OECD, the slowdown was less marked in the United States where activity growth eased to 0.4 percent from 0.5 percent, in Germany to 0.3 percent from 0.5 percent and in India 0.8 percent from 1.1 percent, Reuters said.

Developed countries will also continue to struggle in the coming quarters, the OECD was cited by Reuters as saying.  The organisation last week cut its growth forecasts for most countries in the Group of Seven developed economies, saying that the eurozone's debt crisis had spread to the region's core.

“Composite leading indicators, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, show that the loss of momentum is likely to persist in the coming quarters in most major OECD and non-OECD economies,” the OECD was cited by Reuters as saying in a statement.

The indicator for the United States dipped to 100.8 from 100.9.

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