IMF “Korea growth rate of 3.1% this year”… 0.2%P increase
The International Monetary Fund and the IMF raised Korea’s economic growth rate this year to 3.1% by 0.2 percentage points from the previous forecast.
The IMF forecasted that the economic recovery would strengthen in the second quarter with the supply of vaccines and treatments, and this year’s global economic growth rate was also raised by 0.3 percentage points to 5.5%.
It is predicted that China will grow 8.1% this year, the US 5.1%, the Eurozone 4.2%, and Japan 3.1% the same as Korea.
On the other hand, last year, Korea’s growth rate is projected to be -1.1%, and it was the best among 11 developed countries to be disclosed.
In addition, the combined growth rate of 2020-2021 compared to 2019 before the outbreak of Corona 19 was also the highest in Korea at 2.0%.
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