IMF World Economic Outlook

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF / World Economic Outlook April 2021 Forecast

The IMF announced an upgrade to global growth in its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday (April 6) in Washington, DC. The global economy is projected to grow at 6 percent in 2021, moderating to 4.4...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF World Economic Outlook Update

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...

Jan 26, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF / World Economic Outlook January 2021 Forecast

The World Economic Outlook’s latest forecast projects global growth for 2021 at 5.5 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than the report’s October forecast, moderating to 4.2 percent in 2022. The...

Jan 26, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / New Economy Forum: The Great Lockdown and Jobs: Who is Shut Out?

Women and youth are facing the hardest impact from the Covid-19 crisis, but there are ways to target support directly to them officials from the IMF and Vodafone explained Tuesday (October 20th)...

Oct 20, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund forecasts a slow and uncertain recovery from the Covid-19 crisis in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, the Fund’s chief economist Gita...

Oct 13, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / World Economic Outlook

The International Monetary Fund is projecting a deep recession in 2020 with global growth projected to be -4.4% in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast to be released Tuesday,...

Oct 13, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, with the COVID-19 pandemic setting the world economy back by...

Jun 24, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF WEO Update Key Messages

The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast to be released Wednesday (0900 ET / 1300 GMT June 24), IMF...

Jun 24, 2020 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF/ World Economic Outlook Press Briefing

IMF projects worst economic downturn since the Great Depression The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) sees the global economy faltering and forecasts negative global growth of minus 3...

Apr 14, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS