IMF: World Economic Outlook, October 2018 - Challenges To Steady Growth

Tuesday, October 09, 2018    08.07AM  / IMF

The steady expansion under way since mid-2016 continues, with global growth for 2018–19 projected to remain at its 2017 level. At the same time, however, the expansion has become less balanced and may have peaked in some major economies. Downside risks to global growth have risen in the past six months and the potential for upside surprises has receded.

Global growth is projected at 3.7 percent for 2018– 19—0.2 percentage point lower for both years than forecast in April. In the United States, momentum is still strong as fiscal stimulus continues to increase, but the forecast for 2019 has been revised down due to recently announced trade measures, including the tariffs imposed on $200 billion of US imports from China.

Growth projections have been marked down for the euro area and the United Kingdom, following surprises that suppressed activity in early 2018.

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