The United Nations on Thursday raised its growth forecast for the global economy this year, anticipating a boost to investment as central banks continue to lower their key interest rates.

The United Nations says the world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025

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The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025 will present the global and regional economic outlooks for the coming year, underscoring the importance of global cooperation and prudent policies to lift growth and place it on a stable and equitable pathway that can accelerate progress towards the SDGs.

‘The World Economic Situation and Prospects’ report, released on Thursday, said “modest expansion in economic activity is projected for Pakistan, with GDP expected to increase by 3.4%,” in 2025 read the report as the economy “continue to recover from the downturn during the period 2022–2023.”

China and the United States remain as the world’s two largest economies. The former is expected to maintain strong growth of 4.8 per cent during 2025, while the US economy is expected to slow from 2.8 per cent to 1.9 per over the year, after outperforming expectations in 2024, the report says.

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The UN estimates that the country's GDP growth will fall to 5.4% in 2026. Turkmenistan's GDP grew 6.3% in 2024. Average annual inflation in Turkmenistan slowed to 8% in 2024 from 9.1% in 2023, according to UN experts. The UN forecasts that average annual inflation will fall to 6.8% in 2025 and to 5.4% in 2026.

Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held back by the top two economies, the U.S. and China, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday.

With risks stemming from geopolitical conflicts, rising trade tensions and elevated borrowing costs in many parts of the world, a report by the United Nations (UN) has revealed that global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.

Global growth to remain subdued amid lingering uncertainty, warns UN report. Lower inflation and monetary easing offer relief, but trade tensions, high debt burdens, and geopoliti

UNITED NATIONS -- Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 percent in 2025, unchanged from last year, according to a UN report released on Thursday. Despite falling inflation ...