The IMF = International Monetary Fund forecasts the global economic growth rate of this year to 5.9% three months ago due to the disruption of the global supply network triggered by the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Compared to that, it was reduced by 0.1 points.
The IMF released the latest outlook for the global economy on the 12th, lowering the global growth rate of this year to 5.9%, down 0.1 points from the previous time, three months ago.
The main reason for this is that the global disruption of the supply network triggered by the effects of mutant viruses and the spread of infection has been prolonged longer than expected.
Inflation concerns have become a risk to the global economy as a whole, saying that such turmoil has led to a significant rise in prices in the United States and elsewhere.
By country and region, the United States, which has been recovering steadily so far, has been revised downward by 1.0 points to 6.0%.
In addition, China was revised downward by 0.1 points against the backdrop of shrinking public investment to 8.0%, and Japan was also lowered by 0.4 points to 2.4% due to the prolonged state of emergency.
On the other hand, the euro area was revised upward by 0.4 points to 5.0% because the recovery of France and Italy is favorable.
The outlook for global growth next year is 4.9%, unchanged from the previous outlook.