[9급 지방직 영어 2021년 16번]

The slowing of China’s economy from historically high rates of growth has long been expected to ___________ growth elsewhere. “The China that had been growing at 10 percent for 30 years was a powerful source of fuel for much of what drove the global economy forward”, said Stephen Roach at Yale. The growth rate has slowed to an official figure of around 7 percent. “That’s a concrete deceleration”, Mr. Roach added.