IMF World Economic Outlook Highlights

Rising inflation, economic impact of the war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of pandemic have led the IMF to cut its global growth forecast for this year and next, the Fund’s chief economist...

Apr 19, 2022 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-B-ROLL-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / World Economic Outlook Soundbites

Global growth prospects have worsened significantly due to the combined effects of inflation, war in Ukraine and lingering pandemic, the IMF announced on Tuesday (April 19). Those impacts are...

Apr 19, 2022 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The IMF has downgraded its global growth forecast slightly to 5.9% for this year in its World Economic Outlook, warning that ongoing pandemic is widening divergence between countries with access...

Oct 12, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Kristalina Georgieva Press Briefing Spring Meetings 2021

In her press briefing held today (Wednesday, April 7th) in Washington, DC, the IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that vaccinations and policy support were the reasons behind an...

Apr 07, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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 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 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

IMF: ASIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWDOWN

Asia faces a significant growth slowdown, with forecasts for 2019 and 2020 calling for the “slowest growth pace after the global financial crisis,” according to the International Monetary Fund....

Oct 18, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF WEO PRESSER

The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) sees the global economy in a “synchronized slowdown” and weakened by rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitical tensions. “The global outlook...

Oct 15, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS