-The Hindu Business Line Nations must rely more on innovative, home-grown solutions to deal with the uncertain economic situation The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest July 2022 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, foretells a story of a gloomy and more uncertain outlook for the global economy. While the global growth was projected at 3.6 per cent in April 2022, as per the latest July 2022 projections, it is 3.2 per...

-The Hindu Averting divergent outcomes would mean “resolving the health crisis everywhere” the report says After an estimated contraction of 8% in the fiscal year that ended March 31, India is projected to grow at 12.5 % during the current year, settling down to 6.9% growth year (FY22/23), according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO): Managing Divergent Recoveries, released by the IMF as the World Bank IMF Spring Meetings kick off virtually....

-National Herald Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics, in an interview to Tathagata Bhattacharya says the government has failed on many counts At the end of the day, it is growth and employment generation via new investment that is key to long-term economic progress. Various welfare schemes are a way of providing a social safety net to the poor in the short-run. It is performance along these two...