President Trump’s trade policies are less damaging than expected, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) upgrading the projections of global economic growth for this year and 2026. The IMF, a Washington-based financial institution that works on facilitating international trade and sustained economic growth,

The IMF became more optimistic about economic growth in 2025 and 2026 after finding that Trump's tariffs had little to no consequence.

The upgrade for emerging markets reflects a more optimistic outlook globally by the Fund, which nudged global GDP growth forecast up to 3.0% for 2025 and to 3.1% in 2026. However, those levels still mark a downgrade on the Fund's projections made in January.

The world economy will keep weakening and remains vulnerable to trade shocks even though it is showing some resilience to Donald Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund said.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday warned that any loss of central bank independence could undermine efforts to keep inflation expectations in check, potentially triggering a wave of financial,

Mounting debts and trade war uncertainty risk triggering renewed financial turmoil

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) restriction on granting tax exemption has kept key FDI (Foreign Direct Investments) projects on hold. ..