The U.S. economy has separated itself from the global pack — and its lead could widen in the new year. That’s the upshot of a new forecast by the International Monetary Fund, the organization created at the end of World War II to support the global economy.

Global growth is expected to increase slightly this year while remaining stuck below its pre-pandemic average, the IMF said Friday, flagging the growing economic divide between the United States and European countries.

The global real GDP growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 remain at 2.5% and 2.6%, respectively, in our January update. Read more here.

The World Bank on Thursday warned that U.S. across-the-board tariffs of 10% could reduce already lackluster global economic growth of 2.7% in 2025 by 0.3 percentage point if America's trading partners retaliate with tariffs of their own.

The United Nations financial agency updated its projections for full-year U.S. growth in 2025 to 2.7%, up from 2.2%.

The International Monetary Fund upgraded its global growth forecast for this year, spurred by stronger-than-expected US demand and slowing inflation worldwide that will let central banks continue to cut interest rates.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Friday projected that the Indian economy will grow at 6.5 per cent in the year 2025. Interestingly, the growth rate of the Indian economy is the highest among its global peers.