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The IMF just slashed its global growth outlook — and said the US will be hit hard in the trade war
"If sustained, this abrupt increase in tariffs and attendant uncertainty will significantly slow global growth," the IMF ...
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IMF-WB meetings end without clarity on US tariff regime
Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA Network, a faith-based nonprofit group advocating debt relief, said that the ...
Trump tariffs live updates: US won't drop China tariffs without something 'substantial'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed the latest in the tariff negotiations with other countries on Tuesday.
Bessent Says US Backs IMF and World Bank, While Calling for Reforms
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a course correction for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, while ...
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IMF-World Bank meetings end with little tariff clarity, but economic foreboding
Global finance leaders came to Washington last week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from President ...
Asian central banks have space to ease rates to soften US tariff hit, IMF official says
Many Asian central banks have room to ease monetary policy to cushion the blow to their economies from U.S. tariffs, a senior ...
IMF cuts growth forecasts for most countries in wake of century-high US tariffs
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its growth forecasts for the United States, China and most countries, ...
IMF cuts its Singapore 2025 growth forecast as Trump tariffs, US-China trade war bite
It now sees Singapore economy growing 2 per cent, down from its previous forecast of 2.5 per cent. Read more at ...
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Trump’s trade war will hit US prosperity hard, IMF warns
Trump’s new tariffs account for almost half of the sharp downgrade in the IMF’s US growth forecast for this year, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF’s chief economist, wrote in a blog post ...
IMF cuts US economic growth forecast over trade tensions, policy uncertainty
The International Monetary Fund released its world economic outlook which cut the economic growth forecast for the U.S. due ...
US, global economic outlook worsens in the face of Trump’s tariffs, IMF says
The outlook for U.S. and global economies has significantly worsened in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Asian central banks have space to ease rates to mitigate US tariff hit, IMF says
Many Asian central banks have room to ease monetary policy to cushion the blow to their economies from U.S. tariffs, a senior ...