IMF: AI Investment Keeps Global Growth Around 3%

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that massive investment in AI infrastructure is driving global economic growth to stay around 3%. Asian economies like Thailand, which provide related hardware products, will reap huge benefits from this. She noted that this wave of AI investment represents a 'demand and investment shock,' expected to boost growth by 0.5 to 1 percentage point for advanced economies and by 0.2 to 0.8 percentage points for emerging Asian economies.