IMF revises global growth higher

摘要

The IMF has revised up its forecast for global economic growth, in part because of a projected short-term boost to the US economy. The global economy will grow by 3.9pc this year and a further 3.9pc in 2019, the IMF says in the latest update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO). Both forecasts are 0.2 percentage points higher than in the October WEO (see table). IMF forecasts are widely used in the modelling behind key oil demand projec- tions, including the IEA’s.