Fitch said investors should not expect widespread AI adoption to change the UK’s growth outlook before the 2030 horizon of its forecast.

Kremlin says comments by a senior German intelligence official that Berlin faces a risk of violent conflict with Russia are unfounded.

The IMF will in future base at least part of its assessments of Venezuela’s economy on data provided by the Venezuelan authorities, rather than relying solely on IMF staff estimates — the first time in years it has done so. The decision follows the IMF’s resumption of formal contacts with Venezuela in April and expanded engagement with acting President Rodríguez’s government. A senior IMF special envoy visited Caracas in July, the first visit by a senior IMF official in more than 20 years; IMF staff also conducted a visit that concluded in early September. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is due October 13.