The IMF has warned that jitters surrounding Donald Trump’s threat to impose trade tariffs were driving up longer-term borrowing costs and would add to pressures facing the global economy in 2025.

TheIndian economy is expected to be "a little weaker" in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said.

US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are already driving up longer-term borrowing costs around the world, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday warned that the global economy in 2025 faces heightened uncertainty due to economic policies, particularly the directions of US trade policy.