The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its growth forecast for the global economy to 3.3 percent in 2025 — up from a 3.2 percent projection in October 2024.

The U.S. economy has separated itself from the global pack — and its lead could widen in the new year. That’s the upshot of a new forecast by the International Monetary Fund, the organization created at the end of World War II to support the global economy.

Global growth is expected to increase slightly this year while remaining stuck below its pre-pandemic average, the IMF said Friday, flagging the growing economic divide between the United States and European countries.

The International Monetary Fund upgraded its global growth forecast for this year, spurred by stronger-than-expected US demand and slowing inflation worldwide that will let central banks continue to cut interest rates.