The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls on governments to implement "temporary" policies to protect their economies from the energy shock caused by the war in Iran, with special emphasis on protecting the most "vulnerable" segments of the population, according to the April report of Fiscal Monitor, which the economic body publishes semi-annually. In the study, the IMF warns that some countries —such as many members of the European Union, China, or the United States, among others— have limited room to maneuver to carry out public policies to support the economy due to the high levels of public debt they have accumulated in recent years and low growth levels.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its growth forecasts for the Spanish economy downwards for 2026 and 2027 following the war in Iran. Specifically, it expects GDP growth to moderate this year to 2.1% from 2.8% in 2025, a downward revision of two-tenths of a percentage point compared to the forecast last January. For 2027, it anticipates growth of 1.8%, one-tenth of a percentage point lower than previously projected. However, according to the organization, economic growth will remain robust in the short term, despite the expected adverse impact related to the conflict in the Middle East. Beyond 2027, the institution expects annual GDP growth to stabilize around its medium-term potential of approximately 1.7%. Regarding the year-on-year headline inflation rate, IMF staff estimate it will reach approximately 3% by the end of 2026, before falling to 2.2% by the end of 2027. This baseline scenario assumes that oil and gas prices will generally be linked to futures prices. It also anticipates that the conflict in the Middle East will negatively affect the Spanish economy, "mainly due to rising oil prices." Meanwhile, the impact of rising gas prices "should be mitigated by several factors, primarily the large proportion of renewable energy in Spain's electricity mix."

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday raised its economic growth forecasts for 2026 for the global economy, the eurozone, the United States, China, and Spain. The organization noted that "headwinds [to growth] stemming from changing trade policies are offset by tailwinds linked to increased investment in technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), more so in North America and Asia than in other regions," according to its report.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again ranked Spain as the fastest-growing advanced economy. For this year, it has raised gross domestic product (GDP) growth by four-tenths of a percentage point compared to its estimate made last spring, to 2.9%, even higher than the Spanish government's forecast of 2.7%. And for next year, it estimates it will be 2%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the spring forecast.

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, said this Wednesday that the global economy has performed "better than feared but worse than necessary," in part because the impact of tariffs has been less than expected, although global economic uncertainty is "the new thing."

The tariff war unleashed by US President Donald Trump is putting a brake on the global economy, a brake even more pronounced on the two main contenders in the trade dispute: the United States and China, which has become the priority target of his tariff attack. The latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) It's a new warning of the insecurity and instability being generated by Trump's economic aggression, a policy that there are signs could come back to haunt him like a boomerang.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the growth outlook for the Spanish economy despite the uncertainty and the slowdown in global economic activity caused by the trade war initiated by the United States. In this regard, the international organization predicts a slowdown in economic activity worldwide, especially in the United States, which for now will not affect the Spanish economy.

Javier Milei's government has launched what it calls the third phase of its economic policy. Last Friday night, the Argentine president announced on national television that he was ending the so-called exchange rate clamp for individuals, a regulation that limits the purchase of dollars—the currency in which Argentines who can afford to save typically—to a total of $200 per month.

The trade war launched by US President Donald Trump is not going unnoticed, least of all the international organizations that monitor the pulse of the global economy. If yesterday, Wednesday, it was the World Trade Organization (WTO) that expressed its concern, this Thursday it was the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s turn. Uncertainty surrounding trade policies has reached "unprecedented levels," acknowledged its top official, Kristalina Georgieva, in her speech ahead of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, which begin next week.

The global economic outlook – with a war raging between Ukraine and Russia and an unchecked escalation of inflation – has changed a lot since the last predictions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This Tuesday, the organisation has published a significant downgrade in its estimates with regards to the ones it shared last January. In the case of Spain, the last few months of geopolitical turbulence have resulted in a reduction of the GDP forecast for 2022 by one percentage point, to 4.8%. The forecast for 2023 is also somewhat less optimistic and down five tenths, to 3.3%.

More bad news for the Spanish economy: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed growth forecasts for its economy in 2021 and 2022. In fact, the IMF already downgraded its growth expectations for this year in early autumn. Now, however, it has also cut next year's. Specifically, the international body has set the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) for this year at 4.6%, 1.1 points less than the October forecasts. As for next year, the agency estimates that the economy will grow by 5.8%, in this case six tenths less than the figure it gave just two months ago.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its 2021 growth forecast for the Spanish economy and has been optimistic about the partial recovery of the world economy this year, despite warning of the danger of divergences between rich and poor countries and increasing inequalities.