WASHINGTON — The global economy is proving more resilient than expected, with 2026 GDP growth expected to improve slightly over forecasts from last June, the World Bank said on Tuesday while warning that growth is too concentrated in advanced countries and overall too weak to reduce extreme poverty. The World Bank’s semi-annual Global Economic Prospects report shows that global output growth will slow slightly to 2.6 percent this year from 2.7 percent in 2025 before edging back to 2.7 percent in 2027. The 2026 GDP forecast is up two-tenths of a percentage point from the last predictions released in June, while 2025 growth will exceed the prior forecast by four-tenths of a percentage point. The World Bank said about two-thirds of the upward revision reflects better-than-expected growth in the U.S. despite tariff-driven trade disruptions. It predicts U.S. GDP growth will reach 2.2 percent in 2026, compared to 2.1 percent in 2025 — up two-tenths and half a percentage point from the June forecasts, respectively. After an import surge to beat tariffs early in 2025 held back U.S. growt
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