Morocco : IMF projects growth of 3.9% in 2025 and 3.7% in 2026
In an update to its «World Economic Outlook», the financial institution forecasts an inflation rate of 2.2% in 2025 and 2.3% the following year.
According to these projections, made public during the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings held in Washington from April 21 to 26, the unemployment rate, which reached 13.3% in 2024, is expected to slow down to 13.2% this year before dropping to 12.9% in 2026.
The IMF further anticipates that Morocco's current account balance will be -2.0% in 2025, then -2.2% the following year.
As for the Middle East and North Africa region, growth, which stood at 1.8% in 2024, is expected to rise to 2.6% in 2025 before increasing to 3.4% the following year.
These forecasts represent a downward revision of the Fund's estimates for this region published last October. Initially, they ranged from 2.1% in 2024 to 4.0% in 2025.
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