World Bank Raises China’s 2025 Growth Forecast to 4.8% Amid Regional Slowdown Concerns
- brg_news_room
- Oct 13
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China/SEA: The World Bank has revised its 2025 growth forecast for China to 4.8 per cent, up from its earlier projection of 4.0 per cent, while cautioning that economic momentum across East Asia and the Pacific may weaken next year. In its latest biannual outlook, the lender attributed China’s expected slowdown to weaker export growth, reduced fiscal stimulus due to rising public debt, and structural deceleration. The Bank forecast China’s growth to ease to 4.2 per cent in 2026, noting that subdued consumer and business confidence and soft new export orders continue to weigh on the economy.
For the broader East Asia and Pacific region, growth in 2025 is expected to reach 4.4 per cent, 0.2 percentage points higher than previously projected, before moderating to 4.5 per cent in 2026. The report highlighted rising trade barriers, global policy uncertainty and slower global growth as key risks, with political unpredictability in Indonesia and Thailand also affecting investment sentiment. The World Bank urged regional economies to focus on long-term structural reforms rather than relying heavily on short-term fiscal measures, emphasising that deeper reforms would deliver more sustainable development outcomes.
Source: Reuters
