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While there have been some encouraging signs of economic recovery, especially in the United States, the global economic growth seems to be losing momentum.According to the IMF's World Economic Outlook report published in April 2012, "global growth is projected to drop from about 4 percent in 2011 to about 3½ percent in 2012 because of weak activity during the second half of 2011 and the first half of 2012."