According to India's Reserve Bank of India India’s foreign exchange reserves climbed by $8.9 billion, reaching a new high of $642 billion in the week ending September 3. This was due to a gain in foreign currency assets, a major component of overall reserves. Expressed in dollars, foreign currency assets ...
India to Spend $1.4 Trillion on Infrastructure
Addressing the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund at Washington, D.C. a few days ago , India's federal minister for finance Nirmala Sitharaman said, "As we envisage becoming a five trillion-dollar economy by 2025, our focus on creating world-class infrastructure has become even more resolute ... we now are...
India Trumps China on M&A Inflows
Global consumer brands have long courted Chinese consumers; now it is India’s shoppers they are wooing. 2018 has been a good year for India: More foreign money is now pouring into it than into China. Overseas companies have spent $38 billion acquiring Indian assets so far this year, compared with...
IMF, Bloomberg: Asia's Growth Champion is India
According to the International Monetary Fund, the global economy, in spite of having reached a plateau, will continue to grow at 3.7 percent in 2019. The outlook for 2019 is better than one might expect given the negative daily news around the globe. Strong economic growth in the U.S. will...
IMF: India's Economy to Grow Faster than China's
In its World Economic Outlook report the International Monetary Fund said that India should grow at 7.3 percent in 2018-2019, up from 6.7 percent last year but lower than its earlier projection of 7.4 percent in April this year. The projection was revised down due to the increase in global...
IMF: India's Economy Leads in Growth
In its annual assessment of the Indian economy, the International Monetary Fund said, "India’s economy is picking up and growth prospects look bright. As one of the world’s fastest-growing economies—accounting for about 15 percent of global growth—India’s economy has helped to lift millions out of poverty. "The authorities have initiated...