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IMF downgrades 2025-26 World Trade Growth projections

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the January 2025 update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO), originally published in October 2024.

This update includes key revisions to global trade growth projections, particularly for advanced economies. According to the following figure, global trade growth is expected to reach 3.2% in 2025 and 3.3% in 2026. However, both figures have been revised downward in the latest update.

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In 2023 & 2024, IMF Forecasts Global Economic Growth To Drop by 3%

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IMF sees global economic growth to fall 3% in 2023 and 2024, states an Engine news source.

Rising in central bank policy rates

The rise in central bank policy rates to curb inflation levels continues to weigh on economic activity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in its World Economic Outlook Update for July. “While the forecast for 2023 is modestly higher than predicted in the April 2023 World Economic Outlook (WEO), it remains weak by historical standards,” it...

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Trade recovery not as strong as initially projected, reports IMF

The Danish consulting and researching company Sea-Intelligence has conducted research for the global trade growth using data from a report by World Economic Outlook (WEO) which was published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

While IMF states global trade growth in monetary terms rather than in terms of container volumes or weight, there is a highly significant positive relationship between trade in economic terms and container shipping demand on a global level.

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IMF Offers $50bn for Coronavirus Hit Countries

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva
  • IMF provides $50bn to fight coronavirus outbreak.
  • Organisation warned about the slowdown in this year’s global economic growth following the outbreak.
  • Governments and central banks around the world have taken action to ease the impact of the virus.
  • IMF offers to help poor and middle-income countries with weak health systems respond to the epidemic.

The International Monetary Fund announced a $50bn (£39bn) support for countries hit by the coronavirus,...

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IMF downgrades outlook for the world economy

  • The IMF announced it had reduced its outlook on the global economy to a 3.7% growth rate for this year and next, down 0.2% from what it had originally predicted in July.
  • The organization’s assessment applies to the 19 nations of the European Union, as well as all countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • The IMF expects the US economy to continue growing this year at 2.9%, but sees that rate falling to 2.5% next year amid the country’s...

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