TY - BOOK ED - International Monetary Fund. TI - Regional economic outlook: Western Hemisphere SN - 9781589065949 AV - HC95 .R44 2006eb U1 - 330.0112 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Economic forecasting KW - Economic conditions KW - North America KW - Latin America KW - Caribbean Area N1 - "November 2006."; Includes bibliographical references: p. 45-47 N2 - In the context of a still broadly favorable global environment, the economic outlook for the Western Hemisphere remains strong. Despite tighter monetary conditions, global growth is expected to be around 5 percent in 2006 and 2007, as a declaration of growth in the United States to about 21/2 percent in 2007 is offset by higher growth in the euro area and Japan, and continued high growth in emerging Asia. The Latin America and Caribbean region is expected to grow by 4 3/4 percent in 2006 - making the ongoing expansion the most vigorous for some decades -and by about 4 1/4 percent in 2007 UR - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio7668232 ER -