<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/bs_afp/imfeconomygrowthforecast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080410/capt.cps.mwc18.100408042005.photo00.photo.default-512x324.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=URwZa7eq0bX7G6xefo nCqQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A prospective buyer looks through a pack listing repossessed homes for sale in Las Vegas on April 6. The IMF has warned that the global economic outlook is increasingly grim with the US mired in a recession created by a housing market meltdown.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/Ethan Miller)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The global economic outlook is increasingly grim with the United States mired in a recession from a housing meltdown whose effects are still spreading, the IMF said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(AFP)