The International Monetary Fund announced that the spread of the Coruna virus will reduce global growth by 0.1 percentage points this year, and will also reduce China's economic growth to 5.6 percent, down from its expectations in January. January 0.4 percentage points.
According to Reuters, Kristalina Georgieva, the fund's general manager, presented these expectations to central bankers and finance ministers in the world's 20 largest economies at a meeting in Riyadh.
But she said the fund was looking at more severe scenarios if the outbreak continued for a longer period and increased its reach on a global scale.
