Washington: The US and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration’s tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though the full impact of those policies is still emerging.

The United States’ economy will expand 2 per cent in 2025, the IMF projected in its influential semi-annual forecast, the World Economic Outlook. That is slightly higher than the 1.9 per cent forecast in the IMF’s last update in July and 1.8 per cent in April.

The US should grow 2.1 per cent next year, also just one-tenth of a percent faster than its previous projection, the IMF said.

The global economy, meanwhile, will grow 3.2 per cent this year, up from a 3 per cent estimate in July, the IMF foreca

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