IMF cuts global growth forecast, predicts US to be hit harder than other large economies
New projections released Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund forecast tariffs will hurt global economic growth, and that the U.S. economy will take a bigger hit than other large countries.
The IMF now projects global growth to drop 2.8% in 2025 and 3% in 2026 -- down from 3.3% for both years from its January 2025 report.
"The global economic system under which most countries have operated for the last 80 years is being reset, ushering the world into a new era," wrote Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the fund's economic counselor.

The U.S. economy is expected to grow at 1.8% in 2025 -- down from 2.7% when the fund's last forecasts were published in January.
The Chinese economy is expected to suffer to a lesser extent. The fund cut its growth forecasts for this year to 4% from 4.6% for China, and projects eurozone growth at 0.8%, down from the previous forecast of 1%.
-ABC News' Zunaira Zaki





