Virus pushes Asia growth lowest since 1967

By Daniel Leussink
Updated September 29 2020 - 1:21pm, first published 1:16pm
Low domestic consumption will restrict China's economic growth to two per cent.
Low domestic consumption will restrict China's economic growth to two per cent.

COVID-19 is expected to lead to the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, while up to 38 million people are set to be pushed back into poverty, the World Bank says.

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