Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during an interview with AFP after the IMF Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser in Singapore on October 7, 2026. The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on October 7. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
October 12, 2026
IMF slightly raises forecast for 2026 global growth to 3.1%, citing ‘resilience’ to shocks
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP)—The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2026 by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1 per cent, citing “resilience” in the face of high energy costs and other shocks.
In its World Economic Outlook report, the Fund left its forecast for 2027 global growth unchanged at 3.4 percent.
For the United States, the IMF left its 2026 growth forecast unchanged, but lifted the 2027 projection for GDP growth in the world’s largest economy to 2.3 per cent.
For the United States, the IMF left its 2026 growth forecast unchanged, but lifted the 2027 projection for GDP growth in the world’s largest economy to 2.3 percent.
