Escape or escape from?

Dear teachers,

I read an article as follows:

"The U.S. rate hike is a cause for concern because of the potential fund leakage that may result from the discrepancy
between the key interest rates of the U.S. and Korea. However, the slowing economy is a bigger problem for Korea and so it will have to try to keep its interest rate frozen in order to escape from the economic doldrums."

I learned that the verb, "escape" should be "transitive," while it should be "intransitive" with preposition "from" only when we want to say getting out of a building.

Therefore, I think the last sentence in the above paragraph should be without "from" as seen in the below:

However, the slowing economy is a bigger problem for Korea and so it will have to try to keep its interest rate frozen in order to escape the economic doldrums.

Is this correct?

Thanks and best regards,

David Kim