India's digital currency push targets its leaky welfare systemWhile India's early efforts are modest compared with those of China, where more than 200 million people use the e-yuan, the world's most po...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.48 AM IST
Charting the Global Economy: IMF trims world growth projectionsThe International Monetary Fund has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026. This adjustment comes as the war in the Middle East has ca...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
War revives stagflation dangers for global economyGlobal economic outlook faces uncertainty as seven weeks of Middle East conflict impact growth and inflation. Business surveys from Austral...
19 Apr, 2026, 08.37 AM IST
Economic shock of Middle East war to cast shadow over IMF, World Bank meetingsGlobal finance leaders are meeting amid the Middle East war, a third major shock impacting the world economy. The IMF and World Bank are do...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
World finance chiefs head to IMF with a sense of déjà vuGlobal economic policymakers convene amid concerns over President Trump's actions impacting Middle East growth. The IMF warns of reduced ca...
12 Apr, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
'War takes away everything we work for': IMF sees massive spillovers from Middle East conflictThe Middle East conflict's impact is spreading beyond oil and gas. Global food supplies, transport, and even chip production face disruptio...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
IMF to cut global growth forecast due to Mideast warWest Asia War: The International Monetary Fund will reduce global growth predictions because of the Middle East war. IMF chief Kristalina G...
09 Apr, 2026, 09.53 PM IST
Global Market | IMF warns of lasting economic impact from war-triggered supply disruptionsThe IMF warned that the Middle East conflict could slow global growth while fuelling inflation due to energy supply disruptions. With oil p...
07 Apr, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
European growth to hold up but at an increasing fiscal cost, IMF saysThe IMF forecasts euro zone growth to hold at 1.2% this year despite U.S. tariffs, but warns this comes with higher government spending and...
14 Oct, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
Fragmentation can cost 7 pc of global GDP; be pragmatic and collaborate: IMF chief Kristalina GeorgievaThe International Monetary Fund Managing Director said if we look at medium-term growth prospects, how we handle the supply chain issues, t...
20 Jan, 2023, 04.58 PM IST
IMF’s latest news may not be bad news for India if it plays its cards rightAs far as countercyclical policy support is concerned, it is important to adhere to macroeconomic prudence and to recreate adequate policy ...
27 Jul, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
IMF says expects to revise downward its forecast for global growthThat would be its third downgrade this year. In April, the IMF had already slashed its forecast for global economic growth by nearly a full...
09 Jun, 2022, 08.29 PM IST
India's growth downgrade a blip in much positive long-term picture: IMFIMF report lowered India's growth projection to 6.7 per cent in 2017, 0.5 percentage points less than its previous two forecasts and attrib...
11 Oct, 2017, 09.26 AM IST
India avoids growth downgrade by IMFIn case of Brazil, the growth forecast has been cut by 0.6 per cent to 1.3 per cent and for South Africa by similar quantum to 1.7 per cent.
25 Jul, 2014, 08.37 PM IST
India growth projections marginally downgraded by IMFThis was slightly lower by 0.2 and 0.1 per cent respectively than the previous forecast released by IMF in its report in April.
10 Jul, 2013, 11.02 AM IST
- No serious threat of rating downgrade on India: P Chidambaram
Dismissing fears of a rating downgrade, Finance Minister said govt will take a host of reform initiatives to spur growth momentum.
12 Oct, 2012, 01.25 AM IST
- India to grow at 5.1%; global GDP to slip to 60-yr level: IMF
The International Monetary Fund today projected the world economy to grow at the lowest rate this year since the World War II and revised g...
28 Jan, 2009, 10.25 PM IST