Hong Kong’s Q2 GDP Shrinks; Government Cuts 2022 Forecast

Hong Kong’s Q2 GDP Shrinks; Government Cuts 2022 Forecast
Containers and ships at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong on June 7, 2021. Aleksander Solum/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s economy contracted 1.3 percent in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, following a weak performance in external trade during the period.

It was the second straight quarter of year-on-year contraction for the Asian financial hub’s gross domestic product (GDP).