World Bank reduces global growth forecast to 2.5%, warning it could drop to 1.3% amid escalating war impacts.
The World Bank on Thursday cut its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5% due to the war
in the Middle East, and said growth could slow to just 1.3% if
energy supply disruptions prove more severe and come with
substantial stress in financial markets.Global growth reached 2.9% in 2025, the bank said in its
semi-annual Global Economic Prospects, up 0.2 percentage point
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