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World bank raises China’s GDP forecast for 2024, 2025

Published by Uma Rajagopal

Posted on December 26, 2024

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· Last updated: January 27, 2026

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Graph showing China's GDP forecast rise for 2024 and 2025 - Global Banking & Finance Review
This image illustrates the World Bank's updated GDP forecasts for China, showing a rise to 4.9% in 2024 and 4.5% in 2025. It highlights the impact of policy easing and export strength on China's economy.
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(Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday said it raised its forecasts for China’s gross domestic product growth for 2024 and 2025 to account for the effect of recent policy easing and near-term export strength. China’s GDP growth is now expected at 4.9% in 2024 versus 4.8% that the group had earlier projected, the World […]

(Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday said it raised its forecasts for China’s gross domestic product growth for 2024 and 2025 to account for the effect of recent policy easing and near-term export strength.

China’s GDP growth is now expected at 4.9% in 2024 versus 4.8% that the group had earlier projected, the World Bank said.

Growth for 2025 is expected to fall to 4.5%, which is higher than the organization’s earlier forecast of 4.1%.

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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