ECONOMIC growth is showing further signs of firming in France, Italy and the eurozone overall, while growth looks to be easing to around long-term trends in the United States and United Kingdom, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said.

    Trends are pointing more strongly to a loss in growth momentum in Brazil and China, meanwhile, according to the OECD’s monthly leading indicator, a measure designed to flag turning points in the international economy.

    Stable growth momentum is expected in Germany, Japan and India, while indications for Russia also point to stable growth momentum although below the long-term trend, the OECD said Tuesday.

    The indicator, a synthetic index where 100 is the long-term average, remained at 100.7 in the eurozone for the fourth consecutive month in June but continued to ease to 99.4 in the United States from May’s 99.5, having fallen below 100 in February.

    Britain’s reading slipped to 99.8 in June, having dipped below 100 to 99.9 in May. The index rose month on month to 100.8 from 100.7 in France and was stable at 100.9 in Italy.

    China’s indicator continued its steady decline to 97.4 in June from 97.5 in May. Brazil slipped to 98.8 from 99.0.

    The reading for Germany, the eurozone’s biggest economy, was stable at 100.(SD-Agencies)