The world economy has proven more resilient than expected despite acute strains from multiple shocks, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, forecasting only a slight slowing of global growth this year and in 2026.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said recent economic data showed a softening in the U.S. economy, but it had dodged a recession feared by many experts just six months ago.

The U.S. economy and many others had held up, given better policies, a more adaptable private sector, less severe import tariffs than feared – at least for now – and supportive financial conditions, she told an event hosted by the Milken Institute in Washington.

“We see global growth slowing only slightly this year and next. All signs point to a world economy that ha

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