SINGAPORE: Asian economies may be hurt by a slowdown in China's growth rate as caused by the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus.
China’s growth this year may slow by half a point to 7% as its people cut spending on travel and entertainment to avoid contracting the deadly illness, said Pu Yonghao, a Manila-based consultant to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) macroeconomic monitoring unit.
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