Greece's public debt was forecast to rise towards 190% of GDP, before some of its private-sector creditors agreed to a bigger write-off of what they are owed.
With a population of over 60 million, Italy -- the eurozone's third-largest economy -- has an unemployment rate of 11.2% with public debt to GDP forecast to rise to 128% this year, according to the European Commission.
Total public expenditure in 2012 is forecast to be 5% below its 2009 peak.
Cuts were forecast in the public sector and transport, with many employers blaming the recession.
Public sector employment is also forecast to fall by around 710, 000 up to 2016 - up from forecasts of 400, 000.
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It publishes individual voting records of council members, but not the minutes of these meetings, and no inflation forecast is made public.
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Certainly, the figures suggest that even in a weak recovery, the private sector has had no trouble absorbing a significant fall in the number of public sector jobs, which has actually outpaced the official forecast, with a fall of 143, 000 in public sector employment since last spring.
It said it was receiving a high number of flood-related calls and, with more rain forecast, urged the public to call 999 only if there was a risk to life or risk of serious property or environmental damage.
Michael Kors posted far greater quarterly figures than forecast, as the newly public company once again drew attention to its white-hot growth.
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, which has forecast a much higher reduction in public sector jobs, said the picture painted by the OBR differed from reports it had received from "managers on the ground".
Public sector borrowing remains stubbornly high, and is forecast by the government's Office for Budget Responsibility to be 120 billion pounds for 2013.
It insisted that private sector job creation would substantially outweigh the public sector cuts by 2015, according to the OBR forecast.
Michael Kors issued an upbeat forecast, creating a sharp contrast between the newly public company and other recent comments made by luxury brands.
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Despite an economy that is weaker than almost anyone outside the left predicted two years ago, public-sector borrowing has fallen about as quickly as was forecast.
The Scottish Item Club twice-yearly forecast confirms there are big job losses afoot in the public sector, but it highlights indications that the private sector is on track to do well at replacing them.
But it first attracted wide public attention in 2001 when Professor Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University forecast that Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) will have lost its famous snow-capped peak by 2015 if current predictions on global warming are maintained.
Today's gloomy IMF forecast is fuelling the private debate in Whitehall as well as the public debate between parties about how to stimulate growth.
The IMF has praised Monti's efforts to sort out Italy's public finances but says deregulation and labor reform require further effort, just as the Italian economy is forecast to shrink 2% this year.
It can easily finance the resulting fiscal deficit forecast at 3% of GDP this year because it built up a war chest of public savings when prices for copper, its main export, were high.
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