２１年世界成長、５．５％に上げ　ワクチン、経済対策が効果―ＩＭＦ予測

　【ワシントン時事】国際通貨基金（ＩＭＦ）は２６日、世界経済見通しを改定し、２０２１年の世界成長率を５．５％と予測した。新型コロナウイルスのワクチン普及、日本と米国の経済対策による景気浮揚効果を想定。２０年１０月時点の見通しから０．３ポイント上方修正し、０７年（５．５％）以来、１４年ぶりの高い伸びを予想した。
　ＩＭＦは２１年下期に回復が強まるとし、２２年は４．２％を見込んだ。ただコロナを受け、世界全体の経済損失は２５年までに累計２２兆ドル（約２３００兆円）に達するとみている。
　日本は２１年が３．１％と０．８ポイント上方修正。２０年末に成立した７３兆円強の追加コロナ対策を踏まえ、１１年ぶりの高い伸びとなる。２２年も２．４％に引き上げた。総額９０００億ドル（約９３兆円）規模の財政出動を決めた米国は、２１年が５．１％と２．０ポイント上げた。
　ＩＭＦは「日米の追加対策が世界景気を支える」と評価し、両国の国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）はともに２１年下期にコロナ前の水準を回復すると分析した。深刻な感染再拡大に見舞われたユーロ圏は４．２％と１．０ポイント下げた。（2021/01/26-22:06）

The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that the global economy is projected to grow 5.5 pct in 2021, up by 0.3 percentage point from its forecast in October last year.
   The spread of novel coronavirus vaccines and the effects of economic stimulus measures in Japan and the United States will push up global growth to the highest level since 2007, when the world economy expanded also 5.5 pct, according to the Washington-based institution.
   The global economy is seen expanding 4.2 pct in 2022, unchanged from the October projection, the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook report, while expecting global economic loss from the coronavirus pandemic to reach 22 trillion dollars by 2025.
   The IMF revised up its projection of Japan's 2021 growth rate by 0.8 point to 3.1 pct, following the adoption late last year of additional coronavirus relief measures worth a total of 73 trillion yen, with the newly estimated growth marking the highest level in 11 years. The 2022 growth projection for the country was raised by 0.7 point to 2.4 pct.
   The institution lifted its 2021 forecast for the United States, which has decided a 900-billion-dollar spending package, by 2.0 points to 5.1 pct.