Economist Nouriel Roubini says he's worried about the continued decline in manufacturing. He told a Reuters gathering that the economy won't recover until the end of the year, and then only weakly and with the risk of contracting again.

Roubini's not countenancing talk of green shoots.

"To me it's more like yellow weeds," he said.

categories: Forecasts

12:26 - June 16, 2009