Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Ongoing trade policy shifts and elevated uncertainties are disrupting the previous rules-based order and reshaping the global economy. While tariff agreements have lowered effective rates from their April 2025 highs, policy uncertainty remains acute. The world’s economies, institutions, and markets are adjusting to a shifting landscape, adding to the already complex tradeoffs and challenges posed by weak medium-term growth prospects, dwindling fiscal space, ongoing structural transformations, and heightened spillover risks.
This seminar will explore how policymakers should recalibrate macroeconomic policies to ensure resilience and rekindle growth as the global economy reshapes. The discussion will begin by exploring the current global economic outlook and the main sources and implications of elevated uncertainty. The seminar will also explore how countries’ economic resilience has evolved and consider how countries can step up actions to withstand future shocks and lift growth prospects including through adjustments to policy frameworks, macroeconomic policy settings, and structural reforms