IMF revises down 2021 global economy forecast to 5.9 pct (2)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath speaks at a virtual press briefing during the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 12, 2021. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected that the global economy would grow by 5.9 percent in 2021, down by 0.1 percentage point from July's forecast, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO). (Xinhua/Liu Jie)