The Latest Breaking News from International Monetary Fund

UK 'On Brink' Of Recession — 250,000 People Could Lose Jobs By Mid-2027 Due To Iran War

EY Item Club warns the UK will 'flirt with recession' as the Iran conflict oil shock pushes unemployment to 5.8 per cent and halves GDP growth forecast.

International Business Times UK · Apr 20

Large Energy Companies Speed Up Search For New Ventures Far From The Middle East Due To War Uncertainty: Report

Large energy companies are speeding up energy projects far from the Middle East as uncertainty related to the war in Iran lingers, according to a new report.

International Business Times · Apr 20

Major Energy Companies Reportedly Reach Natural Gas Deal With Venezuela

Two major energy companies have reached a deal with Venezuela's interim government to revive production in a large offshore field and begin exporting natural gas, according to a new report.

International Business Times · Apr 20

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump envoys ‘disrespectful’ for visiting Moscow not Kyiv, Zelensky says

Zelensky says that the shortage of Patriot missiles is ‘worse than ever’ through the US-Iran crisis

The Independent UK · Apr 20

Quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’

The job market will endure its ‘biggest hit since the pandemic’

The Independent UK · Apr 19

The explosion of U.S. debt is wiping out the 'safety premium' of Treasury bonds, and time is running out for an orderly fiscal solution, IMF warns

“In other words, Treasuries now offer a higher yield than the synthetic-dollar equivalents for hedged G10 sovereign bonds.”

Fortune · Apr 19

Charting the Global Economy: IMF trims world growth projections

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026. This adjustment comes as the war in the Middle East has caused a significant oil price shock. The IMF also anticipates higher inflation due to rising energy and food costs.

The Economic Times · Apr 19

Which European countries will be the richest by 2030?

IMF projections show significant increases in GDP per capita in euro terms across Europe by 2030, but the rankings do not change significantly in terms of purchasing power.

Euronews · Apr 19

Reeves rightly fears the bond market, but she can afford to ditch one unhelpful rule

The chancellor has wisely vowed to drive down the annual deficit, but long-term defence investment must not be delayed

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18

Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bank

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18