IMF Warns of Higher Recession Risk and Darker Global Outlook

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks on the global economic outlook and key issues to be addressed at this month's IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 6, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—Two principal economists painted very different pictures Thursday of what the global economy will look like in the coming years.

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told an audience at Georgetown University on Thursday that the IMF is once again lowering its projections for global economic growth in 2023, projecting world economic growth lower by $4 trillion through 2026.