{"id":7950,"date":"2016-07-20T14:39:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=7950"},"modified":"2016-07-20T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:39:48","slug":"imfs-june-2016-forecasts-for-global-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/imfs-june-2016-forecasts-for-global-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF\u2019s June 2016 forecasts for global growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Monetary Fund lowered its world growth estimates for 2016 and 2017 on Tuesday, citing the negative impact of Britain\u2019s vote to quit the European Union.<\/p>\n

Here are the IMF\u2019s new forecasts for percent growth of gross domestic product, with the change in percentage points from April in parentheses.<\/p>\n

Country\/region 2016 2017<\/p>\n

World 3.1 (-0.1) 3.4 (-0.1)<\/p>\n

Advanced economies 1.8 (-0.1) 1.8 (-0.2)<\/p>\n

United States 2.2 (-0.2) 2.5 (-0.0)<\/p>\n

Eurozone 1.6 (0.1) 1.4 (-0.2)<\/p>\n

Germany 1.6 (0.1) 1.2 (-0.4)<\/p>\n

France 1.5 (0.4) 1.2 (-0.1)<\/p>\n

Italy 0.9 (-0.1) 1.0 (-0.1)<\/p>\n

Spain 2.6 (0.0) 2.1 (-0.2)<\/p>\n

Japan 0.3 (-0.2) 0.1 (0.2)<\/p>\n

Britain 1.7 (-0.2) 1.3 (-0.9)<\/p>\n

Canada 1.4 (-0.1) 2.1 (0.2)<\/p>\n

Emerging & developing economies<\/p>\n

4.1 (0.0) 4.6 (0.0)<\/p>\n

Commonwealth of Independent States<\/p>\n

-0.6 (0.5) 1.5 (0.2)<\/p>\n

Russia -1.2 (0.6) 1.0 (0.2)<\/p>\n

Emerging & Developing Asia<\/p>\n

6.4 (0.0) 6.3 (0.0)<\/p>\n

China 6.6 (0.1) 6.2 (0.0)<\/p>

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India 7.4 (-0.1) 7.4 (-0.1)<\/p>\n

Latin America & Caribbean<\/p>\n

-0.4 (0.1) 1.6 (0.1)<\/p>\n

Brazil -3.3 (0.5) 0.5 (0.5)<\/p>\n

Mexico 2.5 (0.1) 2.6 (0.0)<\/p>\n

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan<\/p>\n

3.4 (0.3) 3.3 (-0.2)<\/p>\n

Sub-Saharan Africa 1.6 (-1.4) 3.3 (-0.7)<\/p>\n

Nigeria -1.8 (-4.1) 1.1 (-2.4)<\/p>\n

South Africa 0.1 (-0.5) 1.0 (-0.2)<\/p>\n

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IMF says Nigeria heading into recession<\/p>\n

The IMF slashed its growth forecast for the Nigerian economy this year on Tuesday, saying a combination of plunging oil revenues and weakened investor confidence will push it into recession.<\/p>\n

The International Monetary Fund said it expects Africa\u2019s largest economy to contract by 1.8 percent this year, after having forecast in April a 2.3 percent expansion.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s stall, and sluggish activity in the number two economy, South Africa, is expected to pull down economic growth across sub-Saharan Africa, the IMF said, forecasting a \u201cdramatic implication.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2016, regional output growth will fall short of population growth, implying declining per capita incomes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s economy has been battered hard by the plunge in oil prices, the main source of the country\u2019s income, as well as prices of other key commodities.<\/p>\n

In addition, rebels in the southern oil region have forced crude production cutbacks, and internal unrest, especially attacks by the Boko Haram group in the north, has also hurt the economy.<\/p>\n

Inflation hit an 11-year high of 16.5 percent in June as prices of food and energy jumped after the government freed up the naira currency in April, allowing it to plummet against the US dollar.<\/p>\n

Also weighing on output have been electricity shortages due to rebels\u2019 sabotage of the gas pipelines that fire power plants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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