Economic uncertainty now higher than ever: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its World Economic Outlook, and it does not take an expert to deduce that, even among some of the world's top economic minds, confident predictions are currently hard to come by.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Every spring the IMF and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings in Washington DC: a week of seminars, briefings and press conferences focusing on the global economy, international development and world financial markets.

At both the Spring Meetings and the Annual Meeting, held each autumn, the IMF publishes its global economic growth forecasts.

For its 2025 Spring Meeting the IMF has published a baseline forecast, as well as an addendum analysing the tariff events that took place between 9 and 14 April. According to the Fund's report, world GDP will grow by 2.8% in 2025 and 3.0% in 2026, For the euro area, growth will be 0.8% and 1.2% for 2025 and 2026 respectively.