Sri Lanka, July 10 -- Sri Lanka's economic recovery could face fresh challenges from rising oil and food prices as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that energy-importing economies remain vulnerable to renewed inflation and external sector pressures stemming from the Middle East conflict.
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update released on Wednesday, the IMF projected global growth to slow to 3.0 percent in 2026 from 3.5 percent in 2025, as the economic fallout from the conflict offsets gains from a technology-led investment boom.
While the report does not provide a country-specific assessment for Sri Lanka, the island nation shares many of the characteristics highlighted by the IMF as being vulnerable to the current ...