Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- Global inflation is expected to pause its steady decline, primarily because of the war-induced negative supply shock. Headline inflation is projected to rise from 4.1 percent in 2025 to 4.7 percent in 2026 before easing to 4.1 percent in 2027, with the increase for 2026 driven mainly by higher energy and food prices. The forecast is unchanged for 2026 from that in the July WEO Update, but it is revised upward by 0.2 percentage point for 2027. The revision compared with that in the April 2026 WEO is a cumulative 0.7 percentage point. Inflation dynamics are expected to remain uneven across countries, reflecting differences in exchange rate pass-through, the persistence of services price inflation, labor market conditions, p...