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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
World Bank slashes growth estimate for global economy to how many percent?
A
2.9%
B
2.1%
C
3.7%
D
4.2%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Global growth is projected to slow from an estimated 6.1 percent in 2021 to 3.6 percent in 2022 and 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -The World Bank has revised its 2022-23 GDP forecast upward from 6.5 per cent in October to 6.9 per cent.

Detailed explanation-3: -The development lender said it expected global GDP growth of 1.7% in 2023, the slowest pace outside the 2009 and 2020 recessions since 1993. In its previous Global Economic Prospects report in June 2022, the bank had forecast 2023 global growth at 3.0%.

Detailed explanation-4: -He said GDP in emerging-market and developing economies at the end of next year will be about 6% below the level expected on the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2022-23 in Parliament today, which projects a baseline GDP growth of 6.5 per cent in real terms in FY24.

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