International Monetary¹ Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has said that the organisation's next forecast for global economic growth would be down from the 3.5% predicted in April.

国际货币基金组织主席克里斯蒂娜·拉加德称，其组织对全球经济增长的预期将低于四月份预测的3.5%。

She also hailed EU leaders' efforts to solve the debt crisis.

She said "significant steps" had been taken, but further reforms and strong implementation² were needed.

Christine Lagarde was speaking at an economic symposium³（讨论会） in Tokyo as part of a week-long tour of Asia.

Referring to measures adopted by eurozone leaders in Brussels last week, she said: "From the IMF perspective, we believe that more needs to be done in order to complete [the reform].

"It's also a question of implementation - diligent⁴（勤勉的） , rigorous, steady implementation."

She particularly praised moves towards banking⁵ union.

But she added that more would need to be done both inside and outside the eurozone, with renewed attempts at increased co-operation between countries.

She said they should work together to restore trust in sovereign debt, reform the financial sector⁶ and achieve sustained growth.

'Certainly lower'

She warned that the IMF's forecast for global economic growth, which is due out later this month, would be lowered.

"What I can tell you is that it will be tilted⁷ to the downside and certainly lower than the forecast that was published three months ago," she said.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda complained that Europe's debt problems were hurting the Japanese economy because they were causing unjustified rises in the value of the yen⁸.

"Market jitters⁹ on eurozone problems, especially one-sided yen rises that do not reflect Japan's economic fundamentals, are inflicting¹⁰ severe damage on economic sentiment（感情） ," he said.

Credit ratings agency Moody's also said on Friday that the short-term risks to the eurozone economy had reduced.

But it warned there would be a high cost to wealthier eurozone countries.