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IMF World Economic Outlook: economic uncertainty is now higher than it ever was during COVID
The IMF’s world trade uncertainty index is currently 7 times higher than it was in October 2024, much higher than in the ...
IMF says tariff pressures to push global public debt past pandemic levels
Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of ...
Bessent assails IMF and World Bank and says there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has assailed the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank even as he tries to reassure ...
IMF cuts UK growth outlook for 2025 and predicts further BoE rate reductions
A looming rise in inflation, which led the fund to increase expectations for UK price rises this year, is likely to be a temporary phenomenon that leaves room for rate reductions, it predicted. The ...
IMF expects BOJ to delay further rate hikes due to tariff uncertainty
The Bank of Japan is likely to push back the timing of further interest rate hikes as uncertainty triggered by U.S. tariffs ...