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يعيد دعم الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب مشروع قانون المنافسة في بطاقات الائتمان فتح ملف الكلفة التي يدفعها التجار مقابل قبول البطاقات، وعلاقتها بمكافآت المستهلكين. وتسلط "وول ستريت جورنال" الضوء على معركة تتجاوز أرباح البنوك وهيمنة فيزا وماستركارد إلى سؤال اقتصادي، هل تؤدي المنافسة بين شبكات الدفع إلى مشتريات أرخص، أم تتراجع النقاط والاستردادات النقدية دون انخفاض مماثل في الأسعار؟
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By David LawderBANGKOK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The global economy will still manage to top 3% real GDP growth this year as strong AI investment offsets the energy shock from the war in the Middle East, but downside risks are mounting and more countries are being left behind and vulnerable to rising debt loads, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.Despite a more protracted conflict that has kept oil prices above $100 a barrel, the IMF is forecasting 2026 global growth at 3.1%, a slight uptick from the 3.0% it predicted in July.
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By David LawderBANGKOK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The global economy will still manage to top 3% real GDP growth this year as strong AI investment offsets the energy shock from the war in the Middle East, but downside risks are mounting and more countries are being left behind and vulnerable to rising debt loads, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.Despite a more protracted conflict that has kept oil prices above $100 a barrel, the IMF is forecasting 2026 global growth at 3.1%, a slight uptick from the 3.0% it predicted in July.
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The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast that global growth in 2026 would slow less than previously expected due to advanced economies' "resilience" in the face of war-fuelled energy prices, but warned that low-income countries remained vulnerable to the supply shock. In its World Economic Outlook (WEO) released at the organization's Annual Meetings in Bangkok, the Fund raised its 2026 global growth forecast by 0.1 percentage points to 3.1 percent, compared to 3.5 percent growth in 2025.
