Discover how the International Monetary Fund promotes financial stability and growth, including its role in supporting struggling economies and the criticisms it faces.

The International Monetary Fund again edged its 2026 global growth forecast higher as businesses and economies adapt to U.S. tariffs that have eased in recent months and a continued ​AI investment boom that has fueled asset wealth and expectations of productivity gains.

IMF raised its 2026 growth forecast for S. Korea to 1.9% in its January World Economic Outlook released, up 0.1 percentage from its October estimate.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) just dropped a bombshell on the U.S. economy, and it comes with a warning investors just can’t ignore. The global economic watchdog forecasts U.S. GDP growth of 2.

The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for India's economic growth in fiscal 2026 by 0.7 percentage points to 7.3%, citing strong momentum, but said growth is likely to slow to 6.4% in the following two fiscal years as cyclical factors fade.

WASHINGTON, DC- The International Monetary Fund on January 19 raised India’s economic growth projection for 2025 by a sharp 0.7 percentage point to 7.3 per cent, citing stronger-than-expected performance in the second half of the year, even as it expects growth to moderate in the coming years.