According to the UN report, developed economies in 2012 will______.

United Nations economists have sharply cut their projections for world growth and warned that 2012 will be key to whether the global economy makes a slow recovery or falls back into recession.(25)In their report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012 , UN economists forecast very low growth, warning that developed economies are on the brink of a downward spiral because of four factors:(26)sovereign debt distress, fragile banking sectors, weak aggregate demand and policy paralysis. The UN’s director of development and policy analysis, Rob Vos, warns the world could be facing a new economic downturn.