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  "id": 14192348,
  "title": "AI spending to drive global growth higher, IMF forecasts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ai-spending-to-drive-global-growth-higher-imf-forecasts",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:36:28.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2026/ai-spending-to-drive-global-growth-imf-forecasts"
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  "summary": "The marginal upgrade in the IMF’s outlook nevertheless represents a slowing in the pace of overall expansion.",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The IMF lifts its 2026 global GDP growth forecast to 3.1%, up from 3% in July, citing an AI boom that offsets Middle East war disruptions and high energy costs (Anniek Bao/CNBC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-imf-lifts-its-2026-global-gdp-growth-forecast-to-3-1-up-from-3-in",
        "published": "2026-10-13T11:00:01.000Z"
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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."
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