the Great Depression, both the advanced economies
The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s economy will recede by 3.4% in
2020 as a result usatimes.cc of the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted global supply
chains.
This would be the worst
recession in 30 years, and
usanews.cc the second recession in five years, following
closely after a negative economic growth of 1.51% in 2016.
In 1987, Nigeria’s
economy receded by -10.87 and -0.6 in 1991.
This is contained in the
April 2020 World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday in Washington.
Gita Gopinath, IMF chief
economist and director of the research department, said the recession to be
experienced would
news be the worst since the Great Depression that occurred between
1929 and 1932 when the advanced economies shrunk by 16%.
It is projected that the
Nigerian economy will rebound by 2.4% in 2021.
“For the first time
since the Great Depression, both the advanced economies and emerging and
developing economies are in a recession,” she said in a press briefing that
marked the beginning of the April 2020 Spring meetings that is holding
virtually.
“For 2020, growth in
advanced economies is projected at -6%. Emerging markets and developing
economies which typically have normal growth levels well above advanced
economies are also projected to have negative growth of -1% and -2.2% if you
exclude China.”
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