I encountered a similar issue on another page where it was suggested to modify the lib in tsconfig.josn. However, even after changing compile to es7, the same error kept appearing and the project couldn't be compiled or built.
{
"compileOnSave": false,
"compilerOptions": {
"outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
"sourceMap": true,
"declaration": false,
"moduleResolution": "node",
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"target": "es5",
"typeRoots": [
"node_modules/@types"
],
"lib": [
"es2017",
"dom"
]
}
}