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IMF chief: AI investment keeps global growth at about 3 percent
October 12, 2026 at 06:29 AM
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said artificial-intelligence investment is sustaining global economic growth near 3 percent.
- Georgieva said strong AI infrastructure investment benefits Asian economies, such as Thailand, that supply components and devices for the technology.
- She called the AI investment boom a "demand shock and investment shock" that could add 0.5–1 percentage point to growth in advanced economies and 0.2–0.8 points in emerging Asian economies.
- Georgieva spoke at the annual IMF and World Bank meetings held in Bangkok.
- She said this higher growth pace holds despite pressures from an energy supply shock weighing on the global economy.