Global growth, the IMF said, was founded on the “narrow base” of an AI investment boom in the US. If expectations of AI-driven productivity advances proved overly optimistic, there was a risk of a “sharp drop” in investment and associated stock market reversal, the IMF warned.

Global growth is expected to remain resilient at 3.3 percent in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest edition of the World Economic Outlook, Statista reports. This is slightly higher than the 3.