At the IMF meeting in Bangkok this week finance and business leaders grappled with uncertainty.
On three occasions in the past 24 hours, top IMF officials have praised UK plans to reduce its annual levels of borrowing.
The influential economics body has upgraded its UK growth forecast for this year, but risks remain.
The prediction from the IMF comes as final preparations are being made for the first Budget under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
In an interview with the BBC, Kristalina Georgieva says economic shocks had pushed "debt levels up like a staircase not to heaven".
Growth has been upgraded from 0.8% to 1% for 2026 in the influential body's latest forecast.
Faisal Islam talks to some of the world's most powerful people about the conflict and the economy.
Experts say Mythos potentially has an unprecedented ability to identify and exploit cyber-security weaknesses.
US Treasury Secretary said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.
