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The IMF Publishes Its Full Outlook on Tuesday. Its July Forecast Assumed $89 Oil This Year, and Brent Is Above $100.

The IMF will publish its full October World Economic Outlook on Tuesday 13 October at the Annual Meetings in Bangkok. In July it forecast global growth of 3.0 per cent and assumed oil would average $89 a barrel in 2026. Brent traded between about $104 and $107 on Monday. The new figures have not been released.

By Thomas Gutierrez 1 hour ago

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Pakistan Has Nine Bidders for a State Power Distributor. The Losses Will Stay on Everyone's Bill.

Pakistan's privatisation board has prequalified nine bidders, three of them Turkish, for a controlling stake in the Gujranwala Electric Power Company, one of nine state electricity distributors the government has told the IMF it will sell by December 2027. Under the plan as reported, the national uniform tariff stays, so customers of efficient distributors will keep paying for the losses of weak ones.

By Cory Chamberlain October 5, 2026

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The IMF Publishes Its Full Outlook on Tuesday. Its July Forecast Assumed $89 Oil This Year, and Brent Is Above $100.

Pakistan Has Nine Bidders for a State Power Distributor. The Losses Will Stay on Everyone's Bill.