世界成長、今年は２．５％　景気回復鈍く下方修正―世銀見通し

　【ワシントン時事】世界銀行は８日発表した経済見通しで、２０２０年の世界の成長率を２．５％と予測した。米中貿易協議「第１段階の合意」でリスクが後退したことを受け、１９年の２．４％からわずかに加速すると予想。ただ主要国の景気回復が鈍く、１９年６月公表の前回予測から０．２ポイント下方修正した。日本の成長見通しは０．７％で据え置いた。
　２１年は２．６％、２２年は２．７％と緩やかな回復を見込む。１９年はリーマン・ショック後にマイナス成長に陥った０９年以来の低い伸びにとどまる。
　日本は、昨年１０月の消費税率引き上げや輸出低迷などによる成長鈍化を想定した。米国は貿易摩擦を背景とした製造業や設備投資の不振、減税効果の剥落で、２０年は１．８％と１９年（２．３％）から急減速する見通しだ。ドイツの落ち込みが続くユーロ圏も前回から下方修正した。（2020/01/09-07:21）

The World Bank lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2020 to 2.5 pct from the June projection of 2.7 pct, citing slow recoveries in major economies.
   But the bank still expects 2020 growth to outpace the preceding year's 2.4 pct, thanks to a "phase one" deal reached by the United States and China to settle their trade conflict.
   Meanwhile, the international lending body kept unchanged its projection for Japan's growth at 0.7 pct, down from 1.1 pct in 2019, taking into account downward pressures from the consumption tax hike from 8 pct to 10 pct in October last year and sluggish exports.
   U.S. growth this year is expected to slow sharply from the previous year's 2.3 pct to 1.8 pct, reflecting very weak manufacturing activities, trade policy uncertainty and a waning contribution from tax cuts.
   The bank projects the Chinese economy to expand 5.9 pct in 2020 after growing 6.1 pct the previous year. Hit by a slowdown in labor productivity growth and other headwinds, such as contraction in exports to the United States, the world's second largest economy will register a pace of expansion below 6 pct for the first time since 1990.