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IMF forecasts 1.5% growth rate for Pakistan in 2021

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April 7, 2021
The IMF acknowledged Pakistan’s robust economic performance. Source: FILE.

The IMF acknowledged Pakistan’s robust economic performance. Source: FILE.

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast GDP growth rate at 1.5 percent for fiscal year 2021, against negative 0.4 percent in 2020.

The IMF in its latest report, “World Economic Outlook (WEO), managing divergent recoveries” has projected GDP growth rate at 1.5 percent in 2021 against -0.4 percent in 2020, and projected at 4 percent for 2022.

It projected rise in unemployment from 4.5 percent in 2020 to five percent in 2021. The Fund has also projected decline in inflation from 10.7 percent in 2020 to 8.7 percent in 2021, which is projected to decline to eight percent in 2022.

According to the report, consumer prices have projected at end of period at 10 percent in 2021 and 7.9 percent in 2022. The current account balance is projected at negative 1.5 percent of the GDP for 2021 against negative 1.1 percent in 2020 and negative 1.8 percent is projected for 2022.

The Fund has projected unemployment at five percent for 2021 against 4.5 percent in 2020, and projected at 4.8 percent for 2022. After an estimated contraction of negative 3.3 percent in 2020, the global economy is projected to grow at six percent in 2021, moderating to 4.4 percent in 2022.

The contraction for 2020 is 1.1 percentage points smaller than projected in the October 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO), reflecting the higher-than-expected growth outturns in the second half of the year for most regions after lockdowns were eased and as economies adapted to new ways of working.

The projections for 2021 and 2022 are 0.8 percentage point and 0.2 percentage point stronger than in the October 2020 WEO, reflecting additional fiscal support in a few large economies and the anticipated vaccine-powered recovery in the second half of the year.

Global growth is expected to moderate to 3.3 percent over the medium term—reflecting projected damage to supply potential and forces that predate the pandemic, including aging-related slower labor force growth in advanced economies and some emerging market economies.

Around 95 million more people are estimated to have fallen below the threshold of extreme poverty in 2020 compared with pre-pandemic projections.

The losses have been more severe in low-income and developing countries, which have found it harder to cope with school closures, and especially for girls and students from low-income households. Unequal setbacks to schooling could further amplify income inequality.

Future developments will depend on the path of the health crisis, including whether the new COVID-19 strains prove susceptible to vaccines or they prolong the pandemic.

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