IMF revises India's growth forecast to -8% in FY21; Global growth to -3.5% in 2020

IMF revises India’s growth forecast to -8% in FY21; Global growth to -3.5% in 2020

IMF revises India’s growth forecast to -8% in FY21; Global growth to -3.5% in 2020

  • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pegged the Indian economy to contract by 8 percent in the current financial year 2020-21, in its latest World Economic Outlook, released on 26 January 2021.
  • The IMF  expects GDP of India to rise to 11.5 percent in the next financial year i.e. 2021-22.
  • Apart from this, the IMF projected the global growth to contract at 3.5 percent in 2020.
  •  The global economy is projected to grow 5.5 percent in 2021 and 4.2 percent in 2022 as per IMF.

Source: Business Standard

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