这国际货币基金组织根据路透社。周一，国际货币基金组织发布了世界经济展望，该展望将今年的增长修改为2.8％，低于1月份本集团提供的3％的预期。贷款人说：“劳动力市场恢复仍然乏味，”虽然来自的待遇政策美国联邦储备预计有助于抵消油价增加增长的重量。
同时，华尔街日报reported that a survey of economists showed that the U.S. economic is expected to gain momentum over the rest of 2011. The 56 economists polled expected to see 2.7% growth in the first quarter of the year after 3.1% growth the previous three months, which is down substantially from the 3.6% forecast for the same period made two months earlier. The poll showed a median expectation for growth of 3.6% in the fourth quarter of 2011 as employment lowers to 8.3% and temporary headwinds abate.