BBCNEWS Asia July 3, 2024
Weve got our forecast down from 1. 7 in april, down to zero point a present. We have already said risks were the downside when we made this forecast was up is down by almost one percentage point. There are number of factors, the continuing crisis in the world that we see and now of course we have the crisis in The Middle East. We have the slowdown in growth in china, we also have high Interest Rates that have continued. We see weak demand across the board for them in most sectors in most geographies. Thats why we cut the forecast. Cut the forecast. How much of this is actual cut the forecast. ...