China GDP to grow 5% in 2020 - S&P

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) expects China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to slow to 5% in 2020 due to coronavirus. The economy expanded by 6% in 2019.

Most private economists have recently downgraded growth forecasts for China. Westpac fears the growth rate could go as low as 2% in the first quarter if the coronavirus profile was similar to the SARS experience. The investment bank expects the full-year growth rate to drop to 5.3%.

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Omkar Godbole

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Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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