The global war against inflation has largely been won — and at surprisingly little cost to economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has declared.

Policymakers in the U.S. and other major economies have quelled the worst inflation in four decades without tumbling into recession, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

The good news for the global economy is that the battle against inflation has largely been won, said Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, on Tuesday.

The chief economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) told reporters on Tuesday that "the battle against inflation is almost won," amid falling inflation data. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said that inflation in many countries is now nearing central bank targets.

Inflation had accelerated when the world economy recovered with unexpected speed from the COVID-19 recession, leaving factories, freight yards, ports and businesses overwhelmed wi

The International Monetary Fund projects global headline inflation will fall to 3.5% year-over-year by the end of 2025 from 5.8% in 2024 Rising market volatility was among the risks the agency highlighted to global growth A spike in commodity prices would especially hurt lower-income nations,