The IMF has also lowered its projection for Asia’s growth to 5% for 2019 and 5.1% for 2020.
SINGAPORE (Oct 28): The International Monetary Fund has slashed its 2019 growth prediction for Singapore to 0.5%, down from its July estimate of 2%. This is IMF’s second downward revision for the city state; in its World Economic Outlook report in April, it had forecast a growth of 2.3%.
The situation is not expected to get much better next year, either. “Growth is projected to remain subdued at 1% in 2020, given Singapore’s dependence on external trade,” Jonathan Ostry, Deputy Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific department says at a press conference on Oct 23.
