Mumbai, Feb. 26 -- Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF, has noted that a buoyant US economy will continue to grow strongly throughout this and next year. In 2025, growth reached 2.2 percent on a fourth quarter to fourth quarter basis, despite significant swings in trade during the year and a sizable drag from the government shutdown in the fourth quarter. Unemployment has remained relatively low, the rate of participation in the labor force by prime-age workers has been rising, and real incomes have been increasing -- and this is so good news.
She noted that the unemployment rate is likely to fall somewhat to around 4 percent in 2026. Inflation has remained around 3 percent throughout 2025, although services inflation has been ste...