May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Vincent Koen, an economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, talks with Bloomberg's Paul George from Paris about the OECD's forecasts for global economic growth this year, risks posed by the U.S.'s fiscal policy and the outlook for Europe's economy and interest rates.

01:11 Oil prices, Saudi Arabia production and growth forecast
01:56 Regions of growth; risk of U.S.'s external deficit, dollar
00:38 Expectation of "soft landing" for China's economy
01:31 European economy, outlook for European Central Bank policy

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Last Updated: May 11, 2004 07:57 EDT