IMF raises forecast for global growth

The world economy is projected to grow faster this year than previously expected, the International Monetary Fund said Monday, as surging investment in artificial intelligence and other technology is poised to offset the headwinds of rising protectionism.

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Inits latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast that global output will hold at 3.3 percent for a third consecutive year. The estimate is 0.2 percentage points higher than the fund’s prediction in October, but growth is expected to slow to 3.2 percent in 2027. Global inflation is expected to ease this year to3.8 percent, from 4.1 percent in 2025.

“The global economy is shaking off the trade and tariff disruptions of 2025 and is coming out ahead of what we were expecting before it all started,” Pierre-Olit er Gourinchas, the IMF's chief economist, told reporters before the report's release.