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IMF warns AI’s debt-fueled boom poses systemic risk
Global financial regulators are sounding an increasingly urgent alarm about the debt-fueled nature of the artificial intelligence boom, warning that leveraged financing across the AI supply chain now poses a greater systemic threat than stretched equity valuations alone.
Bolivia ends 15-year dollar peg, devalues currency by 30%
Bolivia's Finance Ministry on Friday announced the country will abandon its 15-year fixed dollar peg and adopt a flexible exchange-rate system, a landmark policy shift aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability after more than 50 days of protests that brought the…
Outgoing IMF chief economist warns global economy has fewer buffers against shocks
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's outgoing chief economist, warned on Friday that the global economy is losing its capacity to absorb future shocks, citing depleted oil reserves, shifting trade relationships driven by U.S. tariffs, and persistent uncertainty that has…
IMF chief economist says globalization is ‘transformed,’ not dead
The International Monetary Fund's chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, said Friday that globalization is not dead but is being "transformed," pushing back against growing narratives that the era of global economic integration has come to an end.
IMF warns AI wealth boom is fueling inflation pressures
The International Monetary Fund's chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas warned Friday that the artificial intelligence investment boom is fueling inflationary pressures not just through surging demand for chips and energy, but through a wealth effect driven by soaring stock market valuations.
IMF says global economy has shifted to ‘adverse scenario’ amid Iran war fallout
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the global economy has shifted toward a more pessimistic growth path as a result of the Iran war, even as energy prices begin to retreat following the mid-June U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal.
IMF says energy prices fell after US-Iran deal but normalization will take time
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that energy and commodity prices have fallen since the US-Iran agreement to halt hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but cautioned that a full return to normal pricing and Gulf trade flows…
Iran’s GDP growth falls to 0.2% as war and sanctions take toll
New official figures released by the Statistical Center of Iran on Monday show the country's economy barely grew during the Iranian year 1404 (March 2025 to March 2026), underscoring the toll of war, sanctions, and domestic upheaval on a nation…