Cambodian gov't rejects IMF s gloomy economic report
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian government officials have
rebuffed a gloomy economic forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
saying the Kingdom's predicted growth slowdown would not be as dire as the
world body suggests, national media reported Monday.
At the culmination of a two-week mission Friday, the IMF announced that
lower foreign investment, as well as runoff effects from the global financial
crisis, would push Cambodia's economic growth down to 4.8 percent in 2009, from
a previously predicted rate of nine percent.
But in a prepared speech Sunday for the 55th anniversary of Independence
Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he was confident the government's strong
economic record protected it against such a depreciative outlook, according to
the Phnom Penh Post.
"During the last four years, Cambodia has maintained an economic growth of
two digits," he was quoted as saying.
"In the fourth mandate, the government will ensure the achievement of
economic growth of around seven percent a year and pull down the inflation rate
to one digit," he added.
Cambodian Finance Minister Keat Chhon told the Post last week that economic
growth would be no lower than 6.5 percent for 2009.
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