By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will release its Global Economic Outlook report on Jan. 25, a week later than planned, to take into account the latest developments related to Covid-19, an IMF spokesman said on Tuesday. market.
“(The) Global Economic Outlook report will be released on Jan. 25 to allow our teams to incorporate the latest developments related to the Covid-19 pandemic into economic projections,” said the spokesperson.
Last month, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice had told reporters to expect the data on Jan. 19.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters Next last month that the IMF would likely further lower its global economic growth forecasts in January to reflect the emergence of the Ômicron variant of the coronavirus.
In October, the IMF estimated global economic expansion of 5.9% in 2021 and 4.9% this year, but highlighted the uncertainty presented by the virus variants.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; additional reporting by David Lawder)
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