{"id":237595,"date":"2024-10-23T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/global-battle-against-inflation-almost-won-but-risks-remain-imf\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:24:30","slug":"global-battle-against-inflation-almost-won-but-risks-remain-imf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/global-battle-against-inflation-almost-won-but-risks-remain-imf\/","title":{"rendered":"Global battle against inflation almost won, but risks remain \u2013 IMF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/290\/29068556.295.jpg\" alt=\"International Monetary Fund logo\" title=\"International Monetary Fund logo\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>International Monetary Fund logo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world has almost won the battle against inflation, which reached its highest rate of 9.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe battle against inflation is almost won; after peaking at 9.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022, we now project global headline inflation will fall to 3.5 per cent by the end of next year.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Those were the words of Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF Chief Economist, who also noted that most countries were seeing their inflation rate within Central Banks\u2019 targets. <\/p>\n<p>The projected 3.5 per cent fall in inflation for 2025 is lower, compared with the 5.8 per cent that the Fund is predicting for 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Gourinchas said this at the release of the World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, October 22, in Washington, DC (USA), at the 2024 IMF\/World Bank Group (WBG) Annual Meetings in Washington, DC (USA). <\/p>\n<p>He attributed the slowdown in inflation without a significant recession to the resilience of the global economy, as growth was projected to be steady at 3.2 per cent for both 2024 and 2025,  <\/p>\n<p>The decline in inflation without a major recession is a major achievement. Much of the disinflation can be attributed to the unwinding of the unique combination of supply and demand shocks <\/p>\n<p>Other contributing factors were improvements in labour supply, driven by immigration in many advanced countries, he said, adding that, \u201cmonetary policy played a decisive role in keeping inflation expectations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, the IMF Chief Economist cautioned that risk remained going forward because of escalation in regional conflicts, which he said could be a serious setback to the commodity markets. <\/p>\n<p>Again, undesirable trade and industrial policy shifts could also lower economic output, he said, noting that such risks could force tightening of global financial conditions, derailing the gains made. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo mitigate these downside risks and to strengthen growth, policymakers now need to shift gears and implement a policy-triple-pivot,\u201d Mr Gourinchas recommended. <\/p>\n<p>The policy-triple-pivot included a careful easing of monetary policy rate, stabilisation of debt dynamics through fiscal policy and building buffers, and growth enhancing reforms. <\/p>\n<p>He called for increased efforts in building trust between governments and citizens as well as corporate conversations, while further improving international collaborations to sustain the momentum on inflation easing and economic growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Monetary Fund logo The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world has almost won the battle against inflation, which reached its highest rate of 9.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2022. \u201cThe battle against inflation is almost won; after peaking at 9.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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