SPEECH - In the speech 'Economic Performance and Issues in 2003' Malcolm Edey of the Reserve Bank of Australia said the international environment is quite an uncertain one, and the outlook now is not as promising as it seemed to be at this time last year. Most observers still expect a gradual pick-up later in the year, but that would still mean a further period of sub-par growth in the major economies, he added.

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