The IMF said it expects global economic growth to slow to 2.9% in 2024 from an expected 3% this year.
“The global economy is limping along, not sprinting," IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said at a news conference during the organization's annual meeting in Marrakech, Morocco.
If sustained, a 10% increase in oil prices would reduce global economic growth by 0.15% and increase global inflation by 0.4%, Gourinchas said.
So far, the increase in oil prices has been “fairly muted,” said Commerzbank commodities analyst Carsten Fritsch.
The United States is a standout in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook, which was completed before the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.
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