IMF chief warns energy shock, growing debt and AI risks threaten global growth

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned in Singapore that the global economy faces significant threats from persistent energy price shocks and record-high public debt. Speaking ahead of the organization's annual meetings, Georgieva highlighted these factors as primary risks to future global growth, noting that economies currently impacted by war are expected to experience the most severe downgrades.

In addition to these fiscal and energy-related challenges, Georgieva identified artificial intelligence as a major variable for the global economy. She characterized the influence of AI as a dual-sided phenomenon, describing it as a positive demand shock that nonetheless introduces new systemic risks to the global financial landscape.