International Monetary Fund

One Global Shock, Many Inflation Paths: Explaining Post-COVID Inflation Divergence

This paper investigates why the post-COVID inflation surge, though globally synchronized, led to widely divergent outcomes across countries. Using cross-country regressions for 130 economies and local ...
Finance & Commerce

IMF warns war will raise inflation, slow global growth

WASHINGTON — The war in the Middle East will lead to higher inflation and slower global growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund told Reuters on Monday, ahead of a forecast for the world ...
The Hill

IMF: Prolonged high gas prices could increase inflation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Thursday that rising energy prices caused by the ongoing conflict with Iran could lead to higher global inflation if prolonged, but it said no nation has ...
WVXU

IMF predicts Iran war will slow economic growth and raise inflation globally

The International Monetary Fund monitors the economies of its 191 member countries and makes policies to try to stabilize them. We wanted to hear more about this IMF prediction of slower global ...

UK hit with big IMF growth downgrade as Iran war fuels inflation

Britain suffered the sharpest cut to economic growth forecasts for large rich economies ​by the International Monetary Fund ...
Bloomberg L.P.

IMF Says US Fed Has Little Scope for Rate Cuts This Year

While US inflation is on course to return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target in the first half of 2027, policymakers have little room to cut interest rates this year, according to the International ...