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The International Monetary Fund is urging China to strengthen fiscal support and address its prolonged property downturn, warning that weak domestic demand and deflationary pressures threaten the country’s economic outlook.
At the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, said China’s existing stimulus was insufficient in scale and scope, according to Reuters’ October 15 report.
Property sector remains a drag
China’s housing slump has affected household wealth, developer finances, local-government revenues and consumer confidence. The IMF has encouraged policies that stabilize the property sector while shifting the economy toward stronger domestic consumption rather than reliance on exports and investment.
The fund projects China’s economic growth will slow from 5.0% in 2025 to 4.5% in 2026 and 4.0% in 2027. Those are forecasts, not completed economic results.
For global real estate and capital markets, prolonged weakness in China’s property industry has implications for construction materials, cross-border investment, commodities and demand. The IMF has not announced that the crisis is resolved, nor that its recommended measures have been adopted.
