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 "Six years on from the financial crash that brought the world to its
knees, red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard
of the global economy," Cameron said in an opinion piece in the
Guardian newspaper.
Cameron, facing a national election in May, sought to contrast the
situation in many struggling economies with Britain's strong growth
over the past year and a half.
As well as the risk of a recession in the euro zone -- home to
Britain's main trading partners -- and the slowing of emerging
economies, stalled global trade talks, the Ebola epidemic and
conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine made for an uncertain
outlook for the world economy, he said.
Cameron said his government would stick to its plan to cut Britain's
budget deficit and bring down public debt.
"In six months’ time, Britain will face a choice: the long-term plan
that has seen it prosper, or the easy answers that would surely have
seen it fail," Cameron wrote.
His Conservative party is running slightly behind the opposition
Labour party in most opinion polls although Cameron and his team are
given much higher marks on economic competence by voters.
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Britain's opposition Labour party hit back, saying the prime
minister was "making excuses" for a slowdown in growth which is
expected in the final months of this year.
"David Cameron should be trying to strengthen growth and make sure
working people finally benefit from it, not making excuses for
slower growth," lawmaker Chris Leslie, Labour's spokesman on
finance, said.
(Writing by William Schomberg; editing by Kate Holton)
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