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India has been the world’s fastest growing major economy for several years now. (AI image) In a major feat, India has moved past Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in nominal GDP terms, according to the government’s year-end economic review. The economy is set to overtake Germany to become the third largest after the…
When senior ministers began promising a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2024–25, it was sold as a near-term milestone that would change everyday life — more jobs, better infrastructure, bigger pay packets. In late 2022, home minister Amit Shah even declared that “India will become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025.”Three years on, the goalpost…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday cited India’s strong growth and sovereign rating upgrades to counter claims that the country was a “dead economy”, telling the Lok Sabha that such upgrades would not have been possible if the economy were weak, PTI reported.Responding to Opposition members who sought the government’s reaction to US President Donald…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Poonam Gupta has responded to recent IMF comments questioning the quality of India’s growth data and classifying the rupee’s exchange rate regime as a “crawling peg” within a managed float system.On the concern regarding data quality, Gupta said that the IMF’s critique is more procedural than substantive. “The point that they’re…
India’s economic outlook remains firmly positive, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointing to strong policy foundations, resilient growth and well-contained inflation in its latest assessment. The Washington-based agency said India’s performance has been underpinned by prudent macroeconomic management and a decade of structural reforms that continue to pay dividends.In a report, the IMF noted…
KARACHI, Pakistan, – Pakistan‘s rupee fell to a record low in the interbank market on Tuesday due to an easing in import restrictions that has lifted demand for the dollar. Pakistan imposed import restrictions from 2022 to stem outflows from its shrinking foreign reserves. The removal of those restrictions beginning in June was a condition…
