{"id":53565,"date":"2025-04-17T21:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/imf-chief-sees-downward-revisions-in-global-growth-but-no-recession"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:10:49","slug":"imf-chief-sees-downward-revisions-in-global-growth-but-no-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/imf-chief-sees-downward-revisions-in-global-growth-but-no-recession","title":{"rendered":"IMF chief sees downward revisions in global growth but no recession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that there will be &#8220;notable&#8221; downward revisions in the new economic growth forecasts in the World Economic Outlook report to be published next week, but no recession is foreseen.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF in January forecast global growth of 3.3% in 2025 and 3.3% in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Kristalina Georgieva said the flow of trade will change direction as countries set barriers with tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and that trade will continue but disruptions will cause costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will quantify these costs in our new World Economic Outlook, to be released early next week. In it, our new growth projections will include notable markdowns, but not recession,&#8221; she said in a speech in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will also see markups to the inflation forecasts for some countries,&#8221; Georgieva added.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the global economic outlook, Georgieva said the resilience of the world economy was tested again with the restructuring of the global trade system, sparked by US tariffs and retaliation by China and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that global stock prices fell as trade tensions escalated, Georgieva said this was a reminder that we live in a world of sudden and sweeping change.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the trade tensions as \u201ca pot that was bubbling for a long time and is now boiling over,&#8221; the IMF chief said what we are seeing is largely the result of an &#8220;erosion of trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trade distortions\u2014tariff and nontariff barriers\u2014have fed negative perceptions of a multilateral system seen to have failed to deliver a level playing field,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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