Friday, 23 October 2020

IMF downgrades Asia’s growth forecast for 2020

IMF downgrades Asia’s growth forecast for 2020

the IMF mentioned in its Asia Pacific economic outlook, Asia’s economy will contract by 2.2%, 0.6 percentage points lower than its June forecast

China said its economy grew 4.9% in the third quarter ended September 30.

Japanese and Indian economies are projected to contract by 5.3% and 10.3% in the full year.

Global economy may contract by 4.4% in 2020, better than the 4.9% contraction forecast in June.