The International Monetary Fund has outlined a stable but cautious growth path for Pakistan, projecting a 3.5% expansion in gross domestic product for fiscal year 2026-27.
The forecast represents a marginal deceleration from the current fiscal year, for which the IMF has maintained its previous estimate of 3.6% growth for FY2025-26.
7% for 2026 and 3.9% for 2027, highlighting a challenging environment for price stability worldwide.
The projections arrive as the global economic outlook faces continued headwinds.
In its recent World Economic Outlook, the IMF lowered global growth forecasts for the coming two years, citing persistent macroeconomic pressures.
Simultaneously, the fund raised its global inflation projections to 4.7% for 2026 and 3.9% for 2027, highlighting a challenging environment for price stability worldwide.
For Pakistan, the maintained current-year forecast suggests that recent stabilization measures are holding, though the slight dip in the forward-looking estimate reflects the broader tightening of global financial conditions.