For much of the World economy2023 will be a difficult year, since the main engines of growth, the United States, Europe and China, will experience a weakening of activityas commented, this Sunday, January 1, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva.
The new year is going to be “tougher than the year we left behind,” Georgieva said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Why? Because the three main economies, the United States, the European Union and China, are slowing down simultaneously, ”she assured.
In October, the IMF cut its outlook for global economic growth in 2023, reflecting continued pressure from the war in Ukraine, as well as inflationary pressures and high interest rates engineered by central banks like the Federal Reserve (Fed), that aim to contain them.
China has since scrapped its zero COVID-19 policy and embarked on a chaotic reopening of its economy, though consumers remain wary as coronavirus cases rise. In his first comments to the public since the change, President Xi Jinping in a New Year’s address on Saturday called for greater effort and unity as the country enters a “new phase.”
“For the first time in 40 years, China’s growth in 2022 is likely to be equal to or less than global growth”Georgieva said. In addition, a sharp surge in COVID-19 infections expected there in the coming months is likely to hit its economy further this year and drag down regional and global growth, Georgieva said.
The director of the IMF also commented that the following months will be difficult for China and the impact on the growth of this economy, in the region and globally, will be negative.
With information from Reuters.
Source: Larepublica
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