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WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - The global economy needs to be rebalanced to ensure sources of demand as the United States tightens its budget, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist said on Monday. "We truly believe that there cannot be strong, sustained, balanced world growth without rebalancing," IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard told a news conference. "If the U.S. is going to do the fiscal consolidation of the size that it has to do then demand has to come from elsewhere." (Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Editing by James Dalgleish) *** IMF OFFICIAL SAYS SEES POTENTIAL SPILLOVERS FROM MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE INTO REST OF THE REGION, COULD AFFECT OUTLOOK *** IMF OFFICIAL SAYS THERE CANNOT BE STRONG SUSTAINED GROWTH WITHOUT AN ECONOMIC REBALANCING IN THE WORLD *** IMF OFFICIAL SAYS REBALANCING MUST OCCUR IN EXPORTS FOR UNITED STATES TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, NEEDS TO HAPPEN FASTER *** IMF OFFICIAL-LOOSER U.S. MONETARY POLICY SO FAR IN 2011 INCREASES DIFFICULTY IN MEETING G20 TARGET OF HALVING DEFICIT BY 2013...(read more)

CNBC's Kaori Enjoji made her way to one of the hardest hit areas of Japan. "The coastline has completely changed," she reports....(read more)