The IMF on Tuesday slashed its economic forecasts for the U.S., China and most countries, citing the impact of U.S. tariffs now at 100-year highs and warning that rising trade strife would further ...

She told CNBC in an interview that U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was walking a "very, very narrow" path in shaping monetary policy, but the IMF expected interest rates to be "somewhere ...

On the personnel front, the IMF welcomed a new chief economist, Maury Obstfeld, former chair of the economics department at University of California at Berkeley. He arrived in September from the U.S.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs have increased global financial stability risks. This warning was part of the IMF’s Global Financial ...

IMF says Trump’s tariffs will be a drag on global economic growth Import taxes will hurt the United States and its trading partners, according to IMF experts. Updated April 22, 2025 ...

The rate of global economic growth is also forecast to decrease this year, down from 3.3% in January to 2.8%. The organization does not expect the U.S. to enter a recession in 2025, but said the ...

IMF warns Trump tariffs are fuelling uncertain global economic outlook. Economists at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs recently echoed concerns about global financial uncertainty, saying a recession is ...

Chair Powell, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ... Federal Reserve Chair Powell on Global Economic Policy. 2021-04-08T23:54:34-04:00 ...

IMF economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas gave his assessment as the organization projected that global economic growth will slow to an estimated 3% in 2023 and 2024, down from 3.5% in 2022.

Delegates arrive for the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, April 22, 2025. [AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana] The chaos into which the world economy has been plunged by the economic war ...

For the United States, the IMF forecasts an economic contraction of 4.3% this year, 3.7 percentage points better than in its June forecast. The less-pessimistic outlook reflects a stronger-than ...

IMF policy committee underscores trade risks to global economy, commits to Fund's role By Karin Strohecker , Andrea Shalal and David Lawder April 25, 2025 8:08 PM UTC Updated April 25, 2025 ...