The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook update, has stated that India has recovered from its relative slump and hiked its 2014-15 growth forecast to 5.6%, citing better exports and investment prospects under the new Narendra Modi government. Earlier, in April the IMF had projected 5.4% economic growth for 2014-15. Further, the Washington-based fund has highlighted that Asia's third-biggest economy would expand by 6.4% in the next fiscal, unchanged from its previous prediction.
Over the past two fiscal years, Indian economic has been struggling with slowdown and its growth stayed below 5% for the second year in a row at 4.7% during FY14. The factors like high interest rate and stubborn inflation, low investments and slow execution of infrastructure projects have impacted country’s economy growth. However, the economy has shown signs of nascent recovery during the first quarter of current fiscal. India’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years by 5.7% during the April-June quarter of current fiscal as compared to 4.7% growth recorded in same quarter last year.
On global front, the IMF trimmed its forecast for global economic growth underscoring the widening divide between the accelerating US recovery and stagnation or slowdown in the eurozone and Asia. The IMF projected the global economy will grow 3.3% this year, down from its 3.4% forecast in July. The fund expects 3.8% growth in 2015 vs. its previous 4% estimate.
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