The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection again Wednesday, flagging "uncertainty and risks" to the economic outlook as fighting reignited in the Middle East.
Global economic growth is estimated at 3.0 percent this year, said the International Monetary Fund, down from 3.1 percent in its April forecast.
The projection, in its World Economic Outlook update, was made before renewed exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran in recent hours.
"Developments overnight illustrate the uncertainty and risks that surround the outlook," said Petya Koeva Brooks, deputy director at the IMF's research department.
"We're going to be monitoring developments very closely," she told reporters.
