The IMF’s new World Economic Outlook, released in Bangkok, raised forecasts for India, the ASEAN-5 and South Korea and trimmed China’s. Our table brings together the Asian numbers and what the Fund says could go wrong.

The IMF has raised India’s growth forecasts to 7%. Here is what changed from July, why fiscal-year dates matter and what risks remain.

The IMF and World Bank annual meetings opened in Bangkok on Monday, the first in Thailand since 1991. Our day-by-day table shows what is coming, from the World Economic Outlook on Tuesday to Georgieva’s press conference and the Bangkok Blueprint on fraud.

Floods still affect more than 3.1 million people in 21 Thai provinces and Bangkok as the IMF and World Bank annual meetings open in the capital on Monday. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered agencies to prepare evacuations before new floods arrive. Our tables track the toll and the rain warnings.

The IMF and World Bank annual meetings open in Bangkok on October 12. The World Bank has raised its 2026 growth forecast for developing East Asia and the Pacific to 4.5%, driven by AI-related exports. Our table compares the June and October forecasts for each economy.

Days before finance ministers and central bankers from 191 countries arrive in Bangkok, Thailand has drawn up a four-step flood plan for the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings. Forecasters expect about 50 mm of rain a day during the opening weekend.