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The IMF downgrades its forecast for global economic growth this year, citing the impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, which contributed to a slowdown in the United States and China. World GDP is forecast to expand 4.4 percent this year, half a point lower than its previous estimate released in October, says IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath. SOUNDBITE
Washington, Apr 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Shawn Thew) The global recovery is accelerating and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the world's economic growth will reach a 6% in 2021 -five tenths more than expected in January-, although it warns that the Covid-19 crisis has left scars in emerging countries such as growing inequality and an increase in poverty.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS.
Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume coupled with stimulus in major economies has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowers its outlook for the global economy, predicting the global economy will grow by 2.8 percent this year and three percent in 2024, a decline of 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecasts in January. SOUNDBITE
Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning that the situation could get much worse. SOUNDBITE