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IMF downgrades India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.6%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 16 January 2017 released the World Economic Outlook Update 2016 in Washington DC, the USA.
●    The update estimated the global growth at 3.1 percent in 2016. The growth forecast is in line with the October 2016 forecast.
●    With regard to India, the update projected India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate at 6.6% in 2016-17 against its earlier estimate of 7.6%. For 2017-18, the growth rate is trimmed by 0.4 percentage points.
●    After a lackluster growth in 2016, economic activity is projected to pick up pace in 2017.
●    This forecast is based on the assumption of a changing policy mix under a new administration in the United States and its global spill overs.
●    This projection is consistent with the rise in equity prices and the sizable appreciation of the U.S. dollar since the November 2016 presidential election.

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