The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2026 by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1 percent, citing resilience in the face of high energy costs and other shocks.
The Fund published the figure in its World Economic Outlook report on Tuesday, during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.
It left its forecast for global growth in 2027 unchanged at 3.4 percent.
For the United States, the IMF kept its 2026 growth forecast unchanged but raised its 2027 projection for gross domestic product growth to 2.3 percent.
Global growth and energy costs influence Sri Lanka’s export demand, fuel import bills and the rupee, which matter to household prices and jobs.
