International Monetary Fund: U.S. tariffs increase economic uncertainty without posing an imminent recession threat.

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, warned that the comprehensive tariff policy adopted by U.S. President Donald Trump increases economic uncertainty and negatively impacts market confidence, despite ruling out an economic recession in the near term.

This was stated during her participation in the "Reuters Next Newsmaker" forum on Monday, March 31, where she noted that the impact of the announced or threatened tariffs by the U.S. administration has not yet reached the stage of "severe impact" on the global economy.

Georgieva explained that the IMF will conduct a slight review of its economic outlook in the upcoming update of the "World Economic Outlook" report, scheduled for release during the spring meetings in Washington in about three weeks, and confirmed that the IMF "sees no signs of an impending economic recession."

It is worth mentioning that the IMF had raised its global growth forecast for 2025 to 3.3% in January, up from 3.2% in the previous October report, driven by improved expectations for the U.S. economy, which jumped half a percentage point to 2.7%; however, the expected update in the current April will witness - according to Georgieva - "a limited downward correction" to those estimates.

These statements come as a new set of U.S. tariffs enters into effect on Wednesday, described by Trump as "liberation day," including imposing a 25% tax on cars not manufactured in the United States.

The U.S. administration is expected to soon announce plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on countries that impose duties on American imports, a move that could escalate global trade tensions.