Webex
14:00-15:30 CET
Motvation
The world economy and global financial markets showed remarkable resilience entering 2026. Yet new conflicts, supply chain disruptions, and rapid technological change continue to reshape the economic and financial landscape. The October 2026 IMF World Economic Outlook, Global Financial Stability Report and Fiscal Monitor explore the forces driving the global economy, financial markets and public finances, from growing fiscal pressures to AI deployment, and from strains on still-resilient trade to new frontiers in digital finance, and highlight the need for policy action without further delay.
World Economic Outlook: Resilience Under Strain, Urgent Choices / Global Financial Stability Report: Resilience, Risk, and Transformation, / Fiscal Monitor: Taxing better to boost growth
Resilience Under Strain, Urgent Choices: World Economic Outlook October 2026
Deniz Igan, Chief of the IMF Research Department’s World Economic Studies presentationGlobal Financial Stability Report
Jason J. Wu, Assistant Director Monetary and Capital Markets Department · IMF presentationThe IMF's Key Fiscal Insights: Fiscal Monitor
Davide Furceri, Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department · IMF presentation