Chinese economy clobbered by coronavirus but set to recover soon: Reuters poll

13 Feb by Vitaliy Dadalyan

Chinese economy clobbered by coronavirus but set to recover soon: Reuters poll

Chinese economy clobbered by coronavirus but set to recover soon: Reuters pollA Feb. 7-13 Reuters poll of 40 economists based in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, as well as Europe and the United States, predicted China’s annual economic growth in the first quarter of 2020 to slump to 4.5% from 6.0% in the previous quarter. The coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan – a nerve center in the global supply chain with a population of just under 11 million – and so far has claimed over 1,300 lives in China.