Of the seven countries surveyed by the EU Commission, a marked slowdown of growth can be found in Spain and Great Britain; negative figures also in Germany, Italy and France. In fact, in the current quarter (July-September), only the Netherlands and Poland should show a good, although limited, rise in the GDP, about 0.3% for the Netherlands and 0.7% for Poland. On a yearly basis, the GDP forecasts are as follows: Poland 5.4%, the Netherlands 2.2, Germany 1.8, Spain 1.4, United Kingdom 1.1, France 1.0, Italy (the worst performance) 0.1%. The highest inflation rate should be found just in the two most dynamic economies, i.e. Spain and Poland, with 4.5%. Compared with the rest of the world, the EU Commission states that "forecasts remain unusually uncertain". "One year after the outbreak of turbulence on the financial markets, the state of the international financial system is still weak, and many credit markets are still seriously upset. Businesses and consumers are much less confident". So, even if so far the growth of the emerging countries has still been strong, "a slowdown in the world economy is looming ahead". ” “
