Global economic growth is forecast to decline to 2.7% in 2026 from 2.8% last year before increasing to 2.9% in 2027 - still ...

The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by 2.7% this year. That's slightly lower than last year’s ...

Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent. In America consumer sentiment is near its lowest on record. Across ...

Press briefing for the World Economic Outlook Update on Monday, January 19 at 10:30 AM CET (4:30 AM ET), hosted at the Auditorium of the National Bank of Belgium in Brussels.

The global economy showed notable resilience in 2025, performing better than anticipated despite repeated shocks and heightened uncertainty. Trade flows continued to expand, and overall activity held ...

Companies found it harder to do business in 2025 due to a deterioration in global cooperation on issues including trade, ...

United Nations flags rising productivity, booming data centre spending, and widening global divides in latest World Economic ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund said the global economy showed resilience to an initial wave of trade disruptions, but she warned against complacency because financial markets and growth ...

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 will present global and regional economic outlooks for the year ahead, highlighting the need for global cooperation and policies to support growth and ...

Economists may have a pretty dismal record with predictions. But we're still interested in what they see in their ...

After a year of intense volatility, the world economy enters 2026 with a complex mix of challenges and opportunities.Most economists expect that growth will remain moderate by historical standards, ...