IMF Warns of Slower 2.5 Percent Global Growth Scenario

IMF economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says growth is drifting toward a 2.5 percent scenario. Energy supply issues make this adverse outlook more likely today.

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The global economy is increasingly likely to follow a more pessimistic growth path as energy supply disruptions persist. According to Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, the world may already be drifting toward an adverse scenario that predicts global growth slowing to 2.5% by 2026.

International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas speaks during the World Economic Outlook press briefing at the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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