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IMF warns Asia’s growth will cool this year, next on trade risks

What the meetings between the IMF and World Bank have consistently failed to deliver is clear, coordinated political will to address economic challenges, says the writer.
Opinion & Features

Little reassurance from IMF-World Bank meetings

IMF executives this week noted that countries imposing tariffs, such as the US, faced potentially higher inflation for longer, while some Asian economies, such as China, risked deflation.
Global Enterprise

IMF chief hopes for easing of US, China tensions to avoid hit to global economy

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, speaking during a panel at the IMF headquarters on Oct 16, said there is an opportunity for Asian countries to reconfigure trade links.
Global Enterprise

Countries can build new trade links, resilience amid US tariffs and unpredictability: President Tharman

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaking at the Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture in Washington, US, Oct 15. 2025.
International

US and China managing their ties well will be hugely beneficial to the world: President Tharman

The world economy has shown resilience in the face of the US tariffs shock this year and Georgieva credited this in part to nations not retaliating against the high levies imposed by the Trump administration.
International

IMF’s Georgieva urges world to ‘be calm’ amid US-China tensions

Finance leaders including IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva, warn debt risks remain high and urge better information sharing to speed up future restructurings.
Global Enterprise

G20 pushes to revamp slow debt-relief framework as borrowing costs surge

Krishna Srinivasan, IMF's director of Asia Pacific Department says the region is once again set to contribute the lion’s share of global growth – about 60 per cent, both this year and in 2026.
International

IMF upgrades Asia's growth forecast, warns of risks

The central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 0.5% since early this year.
International

IMF says Japan should avoid adding debt as budget pressure grows

The IMF report noted that the period of cheap borrowing between the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic hit has ended, with debt-servicing costs already weighing on budgets.
Global Enterprise

Global public debt to top 100% of GDP by 2030, highest post-World War II: IMF

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