IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2026 to be held in Bangkok, October 12-18, opening the stage for the World Economic Outlook
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The Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, and the World Bank Group will hold their 2026 Annual Meetings, the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 12 to 18. The IMF will use Thailand as the stage to release the latest edition of its World Economic Outlook report, which will set out global economic forecasts for 2026 and 2027. The meeting is expected to discuss the global economy, inflation, energy prices, public debt, financial stability, war and geopolitics, as well as the impact of artificial intelligence, or AI, on the global economy. The IMF officially announced in 2023 that Bangkok had been chosen to host this meeting, a decision made by a vote of the IMF-World Bank Boards of Governors. Thailand is only the third country outside the United States to host the meetings more than once, with its most recent hosting in 1991. This meeting is expected to draw more than 15,000 participants from 191 countries, including central bank governors, finance ministers, development ministers, private sector executives, civil society representatives, and academics.