China News Service, Washington, April 6 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the "World Economic Outlook Report" on the 6th local time. It is estimated that the global economy will grow by 6% in 2021 and the Chinese economy will grow by 8.4%. The growth rate was higher than previously expected.

  According to the report, the main reasons for the IMF's upward adjustment of global economic growth in 2021 and 2022 include the introduction of more financial support measures by major economies and the expected vaccine-driven economic recovery in the second half of 2021.

The IMF predicts that the global economy will grow by 6% in 2021, an increase of 0.5% from the January forecast; the global economy will grow by 4.4% in 2022, an increase of 0.2% from the January forecast.

  The report predicts that the economies of developed economies will grow by 5.1% this year, and the economies of emerging markets and developing economies will grow by 6.7%.

Among them, the US economy will grow by 6.4%, the Eurozone economy will grow by 4.4%, and the Japanese economy will grow by 3.3%.

At the same time, the IMF predicts that China's economy will grow by 8.4% this year, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than its forecast in January.

  The IMF pointed out that there are still huge uncertainties in the outlook for global economic growth.

Although the continuous promotion of the new crown vaccine has boosted people's mood, the emergence of mutant strains and the increasing number of deaths still raise concerns.

In addition, the recovery of different countries and different industries is showing a divergent trend, which reflects the different levels of impacts of different countries and industries from the epidemic and the different levels of policy support.

The future economic prospects will not only depend on the development of the epidemic, but also on the effects of policy actions.

  IMF chief economist Geeta Gopinat said that as people are generally vaccinated and gradually adapt to the way they work under the epidemic, coupled with additional financial support from major economies, the prospects for the global economy to survive the crisis have become brighter, but still Facing severe challenges.

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