The IMF reported a slowdown in global economic growth in the second quarter of 2026

In the second quarter of 2026, global economic growth slowed to 0.7 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than in the first quarter and the same amount worse than average growth over the past six quarters. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the assessment of the International Monetary Fund.

The European economy grew by 0.6 percent last quarter after zero growth in the first, while GDP growth in Asia, on the contrary, fell from 1.3 percent to 0.9 percent. In the Americas, the rate stabilized at 0.5 percent.

The African economy accelerated from 1.3 percent to 1.6 percent growth, while Oceania grew by 0.5 percent and 0.4 percent over the past two quarters.

Asia made the largest contribution to global growth - 0.4 percentage points. At the same time, the contribution of developed countries increased from 0.1 in the first quarter to 0.2 percentage points, while the contribution of developing countries fell from 0.7 to 0.5 percentage points.