Global Economy Shows Resilience Amid Historic Trade, Policy Uncertainty
you are currently viewing::Global Economy Shows Resilience Amid Historic Trade, Policy UncertaintyDecember 13, 2025-Yet one in four developing economies remains poorer than it was in 2019 Global growth is projected to remain broadly steady over the next two years, easing to 2.6% in 2026 before rising to 2.7% in 2027, an upward revision from the June forecast. The resilience reflects better-than-expected growth-especially in the United States, which accounts for about two-thirds of the upward revision to the forecast in 2026. Even so, if these forecasts hold, the 2020s are on track to be the weakest decade for global growth since the 1960s. Source: worldbank.org |
December 2, 2025-The value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 compared to the prior 12-month period,marking the highest coverage in over 15 years of WTO trade monitoring,according to the WTO Director-General's latest annual overview of developments in the international trading environment.