Rich countries in 2009 will face four falling GDP.

Economy of the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the decrease in 2009 to 4.3 per cent. With such a forecast was made by the head of the organization, which is often referred to as a "club of rich countries", Angel Gurría (Angel Gurria), transmits AFP.
In November 2008, the OECD suggested that the decline in GDP in the countries belonging to the organization, amount to just 0.4 per cent. And even earlier - in mid-2008 - Financiers OECD predicted GDP growth of two percent.
In early 2009, all the world's leading financial institutions have recognized that the world is waiting for the first global recession in 60 years. It will cause a financial crisis first affected the development of countries, and then perekinuvshiysya on developing.
According to the OECD, unemployment in the countries - members of an organization of about 10 per cent. Below this point the unemployment rate will only be in Japan. Some countries of the Group of Eight, according to the OECD, will never be able to reach a record low number of unemployed, which was before the crisis.
OECD brings together 30 developed countries including UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Italy. Russia is not included in the OECD, although invited to join the organization as early as 2007.
March 30, it was reported that the World Bank forecast of Russia's GDP will decline in 2009 to 4.5 per cent. Thus, if we compare the forecasts of the World Bank and the OECD, it will turn out that in Russia the GDP dropped to a large value than the average for OECD countries.