China growth may slow down to 19-year low
The latest projection from the World Bank's Beijing office has some bad news: China's GDP growth may slow down to 7.5% in 2009, the lowest in 19 years. Given China's position as the world's manufacturing powerhouse and weakness in the global economy, net export growth is set to slow down from 11% this year to 3.5% next year. With overall imports substantially outpacing exports, this would be the "first time in many years that net external trade has made a negative contribution to growth". [Reuters]
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