Chief Economists’ Outlook

2026

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1) This World Economic Forum insight report provides leading chief economists' global economic forecasts, analyzing key drivers like artificial intelligence, geopolitical fragmentation, and shifting cost-of-living pressures.
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- Global economic outlook, resilience factors, and primary sources of uncertainty such as geopolitical conflicts and asset price corrections.
- Artificial intelligence adoption trends, productivity expectations, data centre investments, and related community pushback.
- Regional growth prospects, inflation dynamics, monetary policy paths, trade flows, and foreign direct investment preferences across major geographies.
3) Tags: economics, artificial intelligence, geopolitics, inflation, global trade

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