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  "id": 13883680,
  "title": "IMF says AI investment keeps global growth around 3%, with major Asia benefits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/imf-says-ai-investment-keeps-global-growth-around-3-with-major-asia-13883680",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T05:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post Business",
    "slug": "bangkok-post-business",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3335668/imf-says-ai-investment-keeps-global-growth-around-3-with-major-asia-benefits"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, told the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok that strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth around 3%. This growth is particularly benefiting Asian economies that supply the necessary hardware, such as Thailand. Georgieva explained that the boom in AI investment is a demand shock and an investment shock that could boost growth in advanced regional economies by half to one percentage point, and in emerging Asian economies by 0.2 to 0.8 percentage points. Despite this, the world economy is still growing at around 3%, with the energy supply shock dragging it down.",
  "summary": "Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth ‌at around 3%, yielding major benefits for many Asian economies that supply the hardware, such as Thailand, said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International ‌Monetary Fund.",
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        "title": "AI investment keeps global growth around 3%, with major Asia benefits: IMF",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "AI investment boom offsets energy shock to keep global growth at 3%, IMF chief says",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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