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IMF: India to Take Growth Lead | The Diplomat
The International Monetary Fund has joined the World Bank in downgrading its global growth forecasts, citing “persistent negative forces.” And on the same day China posted its slowest growth since 1990, the IMF said India would overtake its Asian competitor as the fastest growing major economy next year.
The fund said China would slow from an estimated 7.4 percent growth in 2014 to 6.8 percent this year and 6.3 percent in 2016, both down on its previous forecasts for the world’s second-biggest economy and below the World Bank’s predictions.
While the IMF’s downward revisions to China’s growth weakened the outlook for emerging Asia, it left India’s projections virtually unchanged at 5.8 percent GDP growth in 2014, rising to 6.3 percent this year. According to the fund, weaker external demand for India will be offset by cheaper oil and a “pickup in industrial and investment activity after policy reforms.”
In a sign of how Asia’s power balance may be shifting, the fund said India would post growth of 6.5 percent in 2016, eclipsing China’s projected 6.3 percent rise, reflecting its confidence in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies.
The International Monetary Fund has joined the World Bank in downgrading its global growth forecasts, citing “persistent negative forces.” And on the same day China posted its slowest growth since 1990, the IMF said India would overtake its Asian competitor as the fastest growing major economy next year.
The fund said China would slow from an estimated 7.4 percent growth in 2014 to 6.8 percent this year and 6.3 percent in 2016, both down on its previous forecasts for the world’s second-biggest economy and below the World Bank’s predictions.
While the IMF’s downward revisions to China’s growth weakened the outlook for emerging Asia, it left India’s projections virtually unchanged at 5.8 percent GDP growth in 2014, rising to 6.3 percent this year. According to the fund, weaker external demand for India will be offset by cheaper oil and a “pickup in industrial and investment activity after policy reforms.”
In a sign of how Asia’s power balance may be shifting, the fund said India would post growth of 6.5 percent in 2016, eclipsing China’s projected 6.3 percent rise, reflecting its confidence in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies.