you are currently viewing::Global Economy Set for Weakest Run Since 2008 Outside of RecessionsJune 10, 2025--2025 Growth Forecasts Cut for 70 Percent of Economies
The turmoil has resulted in growth forecasts being cut in nearly 70% of all economies-across all regions and income groups. Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3 percent in 2025, nearly half a percentage point lower than the rate that had been expected at the start of the year. A global recession is not expected. Nevertheless, if forecasts for the next two years materialize, average global growth in the first seven years of the 2020s will be the slowest of any decade since the 1960s. Source: worldbank.org |
October 14, 2025-- While the near-term forecast is revised up modestly, global growth remains subdued, as the newly introduced policies slowly come into focus
The global economy is adjusting to a landscape reshaped by new policy measures. Some extremes of higher tariffs were tempered, thanks to subsequent deals and resets. But the overall environment remains volatile, and temporary factors that supported activity in the first half of 2025-such as front-loading are fading.