IMF Projects Stronger 2021 Global Economic Growth Amid Pandemic Rebound

IMF expects India’s GDP growth at 12.5% in 2021. It has projected the global economy to grow at six per cent in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022. The nation is set to regain tag of fastest growing economy.

The Washington-based global financial institution, in its annual World Economic Outlook ahead of the annual Spring meeting with the World Bank, said the Indian economy is expected to grow by 6.9 per cent in 2022. Notably in 2020, India’s economy contracted by a record eight per cent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said as it projected an impressive 12.5 per cent growth rate for the country in 2021.

China, on the other hand which was the only major economy to have a positive growth rate of 2.3 per cent in 2020, is expected to grow by 8.6 per cent in 2021 and 5.6 per cent in 2022.