LATEST GEOPOLITICAL NEWS: Goldman slashes China growth forecast over power shortages
By Iain Fraser - Consultant Editor, Gibraltar
www.GEOPoliticalMatters.com
Wall street grandees Goldman Sachs have become the latest financial institution to cut its growth forecast for China, as the country struggles with energy shortages. Goldman´s revised forecasts of the super-economy suggests that the economy will rise by 7.8% this year, down from its previous forecast of 8.2% citing an overall decline in industrial output caused by power outages, adding that this alone is causing "significant downside pressures". It estimates as much as 44% of China's industrial activity has been affected.
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