IMF cuts growth outlook, warns world already drifting toward more adverse scenario - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOcmNiNzBrS0RzczdCcVIwbHZiUkpaZEZhM05IU2FFbWFjX21ZdlA1ampGV1lfM1lwX1l4SnM3dVY0VHBtLUdMY3ZneFpVVkVIbFNTVUllWHZUSDBKdUhpa1pWT3NVMGdSeFRaMFdENHlWc1prUFVma0JXZEhGSmtJaHl5MFRhX001QklYcEpxczltLUNfQXlETUdPNXNlTEhGTTVEand1WVg3QUF3R2Z3a2xMa1I5SXlIc1QwdmFB?oc=5" target="_blank">IMF cuts growth outlook, warns world already drifting toward more adverse scenario</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global growth forecast to 3.1% for 2026, citing disruptions from the Middle East conflict and energy price spikes. IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas indicated that the world is moving toward a more adverse scenario of 2.5% growth due to ongoing energy disruptions.

The IMF has reduced its global growth forecast to 3.1% for 2026, citing the impact of the Middle East conflict and energy price spikes. The IMF warns that the world is already drifting toward a more adverse scenario with weaker growth as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue.

The IMF has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for emerging market and developing economies to 3.9% from 4.2%, citing higher energy and food costs and uncertainty from the Middle East conflict as factors that will hurt more vulnerable, commodity-importing countries the hardest.