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Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook Update, January 2025

  • January 17, 2024

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Global growth is projected at 3.3 percent both in 2025 and 2026, below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.7 percent. The forecast for 2025 is broadly unchanged from that in the October 2024 World Economic Outlook (WEO).

  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Chief Economist and Director Research Department
  • Deniz Igan, Division Chief Research Department
  • IMF Moderator: José Luis de Haro Communications Officer, IMF