IMF Warns Global Resilience at Risk as Fuel Reserves Dwindle

The International Monetary Fund has raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% in its latest World Economic Outlook, but warns that downside risks dominate. IMF Chief Economist Silvana Tenreyro cautioned that global resilience faces structural limits as emergency oil buffers – including the US SPR at 1982 lows – run dry amid record sovereign debt and geopolitical shocks.