Africa’s economic resilience masks rising inflation threat and fragile buffers, IMF warns

IMF upgrades 2026 regional growth forecast to 4.5% from 4.3% in April Interest payments consume about 12% of government revenue across region, IMF says Median inflation now seen rising to 5.0% in 2027 from 3.4% in 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa’s inflation outlook ⁠has ⁠worsened since April even as growth ⁠held up better than expected, the IMF…

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