{"id":284376,"date":"2025-04-17T19:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/trump-tariffs-to-knock-growth-but-wont-cause-global-recession-says-imf\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:50:41","slug":"trump-tariffs-to-knock-growth-but-wont-cause-global-recession-says-imf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/trump-tariffs-to-knock-growth-but-wont-cause-global-recession-says-imf\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tariffs to knock growth but won’t cause global recession, says IMF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ripping up of the trade rule book caused by President Trump’s tariffs will slow economic growth in some countries, but not cause a global recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.<\/p>\n

There will be “notable” markdowns to growth forecasts, according to the financial organisation’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva in her curtain raiser speech at the IMF’s spring meeting in Washington.<\/p>\n

Some nations will also see higher inflation as a result of the taxes Mr Trump has placed on imports to the US. At the same time, the European Central Bank said it anticipated less inflation from tariffs.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, a flat rate of 10% was placed on all imports, while additional levies from certain countries were paused for 90 days. Car parts, steel and aluminium are, however, still subject to a 25% tax when they arrive in the US.<\/p>\n

This has meant the “reboot of the global trading system”, Ms Georgieva said. “Trade policy uncertainty is literally off the charts.”<\/p>\n

The confusion over why nations were slapped with their specific tariffs, the stop-start nature of the taxes, and the rapid escalation of the tit-for-tat levies between the US and China sparked uncertainty and financial market turbulence.<\/p>\n

“The longer uncertainty persists, the larger the cost,” Ms Georgieva cautioned.<\/p>\n

“Unusual” activity in currency and government debt markets – as investors sold off dollars and US government debt – “should be taken as a warning”, she added.<\/p>\n

“Everyone suffers if financial conditions worsen.”<\/p>\n

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These challenges are being borne out from a “weaker starting position” as public debt levels are much higher in recent years due to spending during the COVID-19 pandemic and higher interest rates, which increased the cost of borrowing.<\/p>\n

The trade tensions are “to a large extent” a result of “an erosion of trust”, Ms Georgieva said.<\/p>\n

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This erosion, coupled with jobs moving overseas, and concerns over national security and domestic production, has left us in a world where “industry gets more attention than the service sector” and “where national interests tower over global concerns,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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