Policy Actions Can Reinforce Growth Progress in Many G20 Economies by Nicolas Fernandez-Arias and Shushanik Hakobyan published by IMF (11/2025).
“Concerted action on economic reforms can help the G20 achieve the group’s collective growth ambitions, but the reforms with the biggest payoff vary across countries
Since the Group of Twenty’s foundational Pittsburgh conference in 2009, progress toward its goal of strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth has been modest.
While G20 economies have shown remarkable resilience in navigating multiple shocks, medium-term growth prospects have moderated to just 2.9 percent, the weakest since the global financial crisis. At the same time, disinflation remains incomplete for many, and public debt rose to a record 102 percent of GDP last year. Furthermore, excessive external imbalances are widening again…”
