Economic Buzz: IMF Revises India Growth Projection To 9% For FY22

27 Jan 2022 , 09:25 AM

The International Monetary Fund, in its latest World Economic Outlook report on Tuesday has revised Indias economic growth forecast for the ongoing financial year FY22 to 9%. IMF forecasted Indias real GDP growth at 9.5% in October 2021 and has downgraded it by 0.5 percentage points on the possible impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on mobility restrictions and business activities. Besides, IMF has upgraded Indias growth figures for FY23 and FY24 by 0.5 percentage points each, to 9% and 7.1%, respectively, compared to its October forecast. Indias prospects for 2023 are marked up on expected improvements to credit growth?and, subsequently, investment and consumption?building on better-than-anticipated performance of the financial sector, IMF stated.

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