--- title: World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast Due to COVID-19 Surge description: Global gross domestic product will probably increase 4.1% this year, less than a 4.3% forecast in June, the organization said in its report. canonical: https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-01-11T22:24:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T10:42:53.997Z article:section: World og:title: World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast og:description: Covid-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply-chain bottlenecks will see the global economic recovery cool og:url: https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9e6c852e9e9add9/698a216f4ee262960d319cb2/GettyImages-1237650468.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site As California Governor Proposes $2.7 Billion Emergency Response Package og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast twitter:description: Covid-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply-chain bottlenecks will see the global economic recovery cool twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9e6c852e9e9add9/698a216f4ee262960d319cb2/GettyImages-1237650468.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast Due to COVID-19 Case Surge, Supply Chain Disruptions > Sponsored content. 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California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.7 billion Covid-19 emergency response package in his budget Monday to boost testing and its health-care system following a surge in cases caused by the omicron variant. A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test at testing site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022\. California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.7 billion Covid-19 emergency response package in his budget Monday to boost testing and its health-care system following a surge in cases caused by the omicron variant.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ana Monteiro and Eric Martin/Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Ana Monteiro and Eric Martin/Bloomberg Jan 11, 2022 10:24 PM UTC Covid-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply-chain bottlenecks will see the global economic recovery cool more than previously estimated in 2022, after last year’s expansion clocked the fastest post-recession pace in eight decades, the World Bank said. Global gross domestic product will probably increase 4.1% this year, less than a 4.3% forecast in June, the Washington-based development organization said in its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects report Tuesday. By 2023, annual output is expected to remain below the pre-pandemic trend in all regions with emerging-market and developing economies, while in advanced economies, the gap is estimated to close, it said. “There is there a serious slowdown underway,” Ayhan Kose, the chief economist of the Prospects Group at the institution, said in an interview. The global economy “is basically on two different flight paths: Advanced economies are flying high; emerging-market, developing economies are somewhat flying low and lagging behind.” The global outlook is clouded by what World Bank Group President David Malpass termed “exceptional uncertainty.” Downside risks include renewed Covid-19 outbreaks, the possibility of de-anchored inflation expectations, and financial stress in a context of record-high debt levels, the bank said. In emerging markets with limited policy space to provide support, the risks heighten chances of a hard landing for their economies, it said. Speaking with reporters, Malpass underlined the importance of debt relief for developing countries via the Common Framework established by the Group of 20 largest economies, including full participation by China. Malpass said that he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the initiative is at a turning point that will see more useful restructurings. The framework has been plagued by delays and lack of interest from debtor countries since it began in November 2020. The poorest countries — those eligible for assistance under the bank’s International Development Association — owe about $35 billion in debt service this year to official bilateral and private creditors, with more than 40% owed to China, Malpass said. Making those payments would leave the countries with fewer resources to address challenges including the pandemic, foot shortages and malnutrition, Malpass said. In advanced economies, high vaccination rates and sizable fiscal support have helped cushion some of the adverse economic impacts of the pandemic. In contrast, the pace of recovery for emerging nations has been further damped by waning policy support and a tightening of financing conditions. ### Digging Deeper * The bank trimmed its outlook for the U.S. economy this year by half a percentage point to 3.7%, and cut its forecast for China’s economic expansion by 0.3 percentage point to 5.1% * Although the growth forecasts for emerging and developing nations are only slightly weaker than previous projections, this masks notable divergences across regions, the bank said. Downgrades in Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean—due to faster removal of policy support—are accompanied by upgrades in the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa amid higher-than-expected oil revenues * In 2023, emerging and developing nations are expected to suffer “substantial scarring,” with aggregate output seen 4% below its pre-pandemic trend. In fragile and conflict-affected emerging and developing countries, output next year is seen 7% below pre-virus trends “as they face heightened uncertainty, security challenges, weak investment prospects, and anemic vaccination progress,” the bank said —With assistance from Zoe Schneeweiss. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/"},"headline":"World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast Due to COVID-19 Case Surge, Supply Chain Disruptions","datePublished":"2022-01-11T22:24:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T10:42:53.997Z","description":"Global gross domestic product will probably increase 4.1% this year, less than a 4.3% forecast in June, the report said","url":"https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/","keywords":["Economy","wire","biztech2030","bloomberg wire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9e6c852e9e9add9/698a216f4ee262960d319cb2/GettyImages-1237650468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ana Monteiro and Eric Martin/Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9e6c852e9e9add9/698a216f4ee262960d319cb2/GettyImages-1237650468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site As California Governor Proposes $2.7 Billion Emergency Response Package","caption":"A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site As California Governor Proposes $2.7 Billion Emergency Response Package","creditText":"David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6138611/world-bank-global-growth-forecast-2022/","name":"World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast Due to COVID-19 Case Surge, Supply Chain Disruptions"}}]}] ```