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India set to slip below Bangladesh in 2020 per capita GDP, says IMF

IMF predicts a sharp economic recovery in India next year, which is likely to push per capita GDP ahead of Bangladesh in 2021 by a small margin.

Climate change poses 'profound threat' to global growth: IMF chief

Climate change poses a serious threat to global growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, urging the world's top emitters to agree on a floor for carbon prices

Lifting lockdowns amid high infections won't boost GDP, says IMF

The fund will publish new forecasts on October 13 during its annual meeting with the World Bank

Global economy facing long climb to recover: IMF head Kristalina Georgieva

While there has been some improvement, downside risks remain high, Georgieva said in a video-conference speech to the London School of Economics.

IMF urges infrastructure investment to boost post-coronavirus growth

The full Fiscal Monitor will be presented at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings

PM Modi's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' an important initiative, says IMF

India would need to gradually increase its total spending in the healthcare sector from the current 3.7 per cent of the GDP, said IMF

IMF official warns coronavirus will weigh on some economies for years

The Fund has provided some $90 billion in total financing to 79 countries, including 20 in Latin America, since the start of the health crisis

Beyond the boundaries

Book review of Breaking Through: A Memoir

Simanchala Dash appointed as new advisor to IMF Executive Director

The government has approved the proposal to appoint Simanchala Dash as an advisor to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

Whatever the calculation, India's Q1 GDP contraction is severest among all

Irrespective of whether it is sequential or year-on-year, the inference remains the same; South Africa's 50% contraction is "annualised" and is incomparable to India's 24% fall

India needs coordinated policy response, more stimulus to battle Covid: IMF

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic is significant on India's development and the immediate priority is a coordinated policy response, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said

Recovery: A long hard road

Real GDP in 2021-22 will be lower than in 2019-20

Gita Gopinath confirms India's GDP most affected among G-20 countries

The IMF chief in a tweet showed India's internationally comparable quarter-on-quarter GDP shrank the most among G-20 countries at 25.6%

Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84

Mukherjee had served as the President of India from 2012 to 2017, and held several important portfolios previously in various Congress-led governments from the 1970s to 2012

China and the United States of America: The 21st Century's Great Game

For China, the global war for influence is about trading partners. For the US, it could mean something more volatile

Forex reserves hit an all-time high of $534.5 bn in week ended July 31

While announcing the monetary policy on Thursday, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said the reserves at $534.6 billion are equivalent to 13.4 months of imports

Clean up balance sheets of corporates, banks to rein in fiscal deficit: IMF

In its external sector report, IMF also called upon India to strengthen the governance of public sector banks

India has more scope for policy support despite limited fiscal space: IMF

Says the country's measures are tilted towards 'below-the-line' support such as food subsidy and other measures, rather than direct fiscal spending

We urgently need new tools to measure economic recovery after coronavirus

The IMF has revised downward its forecast for global economic growth from -3% to -4.9% this year

What will coronavirus pandemic look like to geologists in the far future?

The pandemic won't leave a direct record of the viruses for geologists of the far future to investigate, as viruses don't fossilise