{"id":197581,"date":"2025-12-23T05:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/197581\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:43:13","slug":"the-top-five-imf-charts-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/197581\/","title":{"rendered":"The top five IMF Charts of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe IMF&#8217;s Chart of the Week visuals illustrate major developments during a year of uncertainty &#8211; and resilience\n<\/p>\n<p>Our blog\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/blogs\/chart-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chart of the Week<\/a>\u00a0series tracked how the global economy evolved in 2025, with the top five charts highlighting some of the key issues\u00a0shaping economic and policy discussions.<\/p>\n<p>They show economic sentiment enduring despite elevated uncertainty, even as public debt climbed at a faster pace across many of the world\u2019s economies. Other charts highlight the growing demand AI places on our energy systems, as well as the widening gap between poorer countries, fragile states, and more advanced economies. The final figure shows foreign direct investment reaching a record, underscoring the scale of cross-border investment even amid a challenging global environment.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these visuals offer a snapshot of how global economic conditions evolved over the year and where some pressures are becoming more pronounced. Scroll through the charts below to revisit the data and insights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imf-2025-dec-4.JPG\" class=\"drupal-media\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imf-2025-dec-5.JPG\" class=\"drupal-media\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imf-2025-dec-3.JPG\" class=\"drupal-media\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imf-2025-dec-2.JPG\" class=\"drupal-media\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imf-2025-dec-1.jpg\" class=\"drupal-media\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_Hlk146804461\" id=\"_Hlk146804461\"\/>This article was originally posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/blogs\/articles\/2025\/12\/22\/charting-the-global-economy-in-2025\" rel=\" noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IMF&#8217;s Chart of the Week visuals illustrate major developments during a year of uncertainty &#8211; and resilience&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-197581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}