IMF Sees Stronger Global Growth

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009

The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global growth next year as more than $2 trillion in stimulus packages and demand in Asia pull the world economy out of its worst recession since World War II.

The Washington-based IMF said the economy will expand 3.1 percent in 2010, more than a July forecast of 2.5 percent. China's economy will grow 9 percent and India's 6.4 percent. That compares with growth of 1.7 percent in Japan, 1.5 percent in the U.S. and 0.3 percent in the euro region.

"The global economy appears to be expanding again, pulled by the strong performance of Asian economies and stabilization or modest recovery elsewhere," IMF said in its semi-annual World Economic Outlook. Still, the rebound will be "sluggish, credit constrained and, for quite some time, jobless."