Denmark to enter recession in 2009

The Danish government slashed its growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009, predicting that the economy would contract by 0.2 per cent in 2009 after growing 0.2 per cent this year. 

"Financial turbulence and the weak international growth outlook will along with the wavering housing market and weakening competitiveness lead to weak GDP (gross domestic product) growth in coming years," the Finance Ministry said in a statement. 

Denmark's economy is not expected to grow before 2010, when its GDP should rise by 0.7 per cent.The government also said it now expected Danish unemployment to double from this year's 1.7 per cent to 3.5 per cent in 2010. The Danish economy can not avoid being affected by the global financial crisis and the poor outlook abroad.