{
  "id": 14145545,
  "title": "IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/imf-raises-2026-global-growth-forecast-to-3-1",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:25:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/imf-raises-2026-global-growth-forecast-to-3-1/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an increase in its global growth forecast for 2026, raising it by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1%. This projection is detailed in the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook, titled \"Resilience Under Strain, Urgent Choices.\" In the report, the IMF anticipates global growth to decline from 3.5% in 2025 to 3.1% in 2026, before resuming an upward trajectory to 3.4% in 2027. The projected growth for 2027 remains unchanged from July but is 0.2 percentage points higher than the April estimate.\n\nGrowth in advanced economies is expected to increase to 2.1% in 2026, but it is anticipated to decelerate to 1.8% in 2027. Conversely, emerging market and developing economies are forecast to see a slowdown to 3.7% in 2026, followed by a rebound to 4.4% in 2027. The IMF explained that the global economy is undergoing growth reallocation, influenced by each country's exposure to the war-driven energy shock and AI-related demand.\n\nIMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highlighted during the annual IMF and World Bank Group Annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, that the acceleration of investment in AI infrastructure is a crucial factor in maintaining global economic growth near 3%. The report also projected global headline inflation to increase from 4.1% in 2025 to 4.7% in 2026, but then decrease to 4.1% in 2027.",
  "summary": "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2026 by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1% from its July projection. In its latest World Economic Outlook, titled “Resilience Under Strain, Urgent Choices,” the IMF projected global growth to slow from 3.5% in 2025 to 3.1% in 2026 before picking […] The post IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but says economies will slow in 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/imf-raises-its-forecast-for-world-growth-this-year-but-says-economies",
        "published": "2026-10-13T03:20:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "IMF raises Korea's growth forecast to 3.3% as chip exports outweigh war impact",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/imf-raises-koreas-growth-forecast-to-3-3-as-chip-exports-outweigh-war",
        "published": "2026-10-13T07:57:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}