Tue, 21-Oct-2025

IMF cuts Pakistan forecast to 2.6%

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ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered Pakistan’s growth forecast to just 2.6% for the current fiscal year. The IMF released an update to its World Economic Outlook, in which the IMF has further reduced Pakistan economic growth rate estimate for the current this year. The IMF has lowered Pakistani’s economic growth forecast from 3% … Read more

IMF revises Pakistan’s economic growth estimate for current fiscal year

IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern that the economic growth rate of Pakistan will not achieve the set target for the current financial year.

The IMF has released the World Economic Outlook in which the International Monetary Fund has revised Pakistan’s economic growth estimate for the current fiscal year to 3 percent from 3.2 percent.

The IMF has estimated that Pakistan’s economic growth rate will not be achieved this fiscal year, but it has also predicted an increase in the economic growth rate compared to the previous year.

The IMF has predicted that the economic growth rate will be 4 percent in the next fiscal year, while the economic growth rate was 2.5 percent last fiscal year.

According to the IMF, the economic growth rate of Pakistan is likely to be 3 percent this fiscal year, while Pakistan has set a target of 3.6 percent economic growth for the current fiscal year.

In October 2024, the IMF estimated Pakistan’s economic growth rate for the current fiscal year at 3.2 percent.

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IMF warns of ‘darkening’ global economic outlook

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The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, warns that the economic picture has darkened. Inflation in the US has risen to 9.1%, the highest level in more than 40 years. The G20 finance ministers and governors of the world’s central banks are meeting in Bali. The head of the International Monetary Fund has stated that … Read more