Oct 18 Exclusive Interview with @KGeorgieva Only for Bulgarian media 🇧🇬 Thanks to Svetoslav Ivanov Winter is coming… One factor is the energy shock—it drags growth down. The other is investment in artificial intelligence—it boosts growth. The world is divided into two groups of countries. The first group includes a relatively small number of countries for which growth forecasts have been raised, primarily due to their involvement in the development of artificial intelligence. The second, significantly larger group comprises countries with lowered forecasts—nations that are not sufficiently integrated into this industry and are dependent on imports of oil and natural gas. Inflation remains a problem, and central banks are raising interest rates. ! The Fund's forecasts are based on certain assumptions regarding the evolution of conflicts and the resumption of shipping. In the event of a new escalation in the Middle East or other conflict-ridden regions, the economic consequences could be significantly more severe than those projected in the baseline scenario. The European Union faces the challenge of incomplete single-market integration, lower labor productivity, and lagging behind the US in the field of AI.