Economic outlook for the East Asia Pacific excluding China worsened WB new estimate

The economic growth of East Asia and the Pacific is on track and is expected to grow by 7.5% in 2021, as per the World Bank Group. But the outlook for the region excluding China worsened, as per the updated forecast. The GDP growth of just 2.5% this year, down from 4.4% in April forecast by WB. Accept China, the new GDP forecast is down from April all the countries in the region.