Global Economic and Insurance Market Outlook 2025-2026
The global economy is poised for further solid expansion. We forecast global real GDP growth at 2.8% in 2025 and 2.7% in 2026, roughly in line with 2024
Money is a system of value that facilitates the exchange of goods in an economy. Using money allows buyers and sellers to reduce their transaction costs. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment.
The first types of money were commodities, whose physical properties made them desirable as a medium of exchange. In contemporary markets, money can include government-issued legal tender or fiat money, money substitutes, fiduciary media, or electronic cryptocurrencies.
The global economy is poised for further solid expansion. We forecast global real GDP growth at 2.8% in 2025 and 2.7% in 2026, roughly in line with 2024
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The world’s fastest years of economic growth are likely already behind it — expansion is slowing as population growth weakens, according to Goldman Sachs Research
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Raising revenue hasn’t been an issue for most nonlife insurers, thanks to some of the highest property-casualty insurance rate increases posted in years
Global business insolvencies are expected to rise +19% in 2023 and +18% in 2024, a significant rebound after two years of decline
Central banks to live with inflation, but only after stalling growth. The Great Moderation, from the mid-1980s until 2019 before pandemic struck, was a remarkable period