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IMF's Gita Gopinath meets PM Modi ahead of taking over as first deputy managing director
• 3 years agoGopinath, a US national of Indian origin, was recently appointed the first Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, even though she was supposed to leave the multilateral lending agency next month to return to academia
In surprise move, Gita Gopinath to take on new role at IMF as First Deputy Managing Director
• 3 years agoGopinath, who was the first woman to serve as the IMF’s chief economist, had said in October she planned to rejoin Harvard University in January
Gita Gopinath leaves enduring legacy at IMF with 'Pandemic Paper', Climate Change team
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe prominent Indian-American economist will return to Harvard University where she previously was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics
Union Budget 2021: Favour extension of pandemic support measures, thrust on infra investment, says IMF
• 4 years agoIMF’s chief economist Gita Gopinath said more public infrastructure spending is needed and that the Government of India has expressed its intention to do so
Farm laws have potential to raise agricultural incomes, but social safety net needed, says IMF’s Gita Gopinath
• 4 years agoThe IMF chief economist said Indian agriculture is in need of reforms and the new laws are capable of widening the market for cultivators
Indian economy to contract by 4.5% in 2020 due to longer lockdown, slow recovery, says IMF
• 5 years agoThe IMF on Wednesday projected a sharp contraction of 4.5 percent for the Indian economy in 2020, a 'historic low', citing the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic that has nearly stalled all economic activities
Coronavirus Outbreak: IMF calls on all countries to refrain from putting restrictions on exporting medical supplies
• 5 years agoThe IMF has called on all countries to refrain from putting restrictions on exporting medical supplies in view of their massive requirement across the globe to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has killed at least 119,000 people and infected nearly two million
IMF projects India's GDP growth at 1.9% in 2020, forecasts global recession due to coronavirus
• 5 years agoThe IMF on Tuesday projected a GDP growth of 1.9 percent for India in 2020, as the global economy hits the worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s due to the raging coronavirus pandemic that has nearly stalled all economic activities across the world
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath says a very credible challenger necessary to displace US dollar's dominance
• 5 years agoSpeaking here at a WEF 2020 session on dollar's dominance, Gopinath said historically one currency has always dominated the global trade.
No harm in disputing IMF projections on India, but cannot ignore hard realities on growth front
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 5 years agoIn January 2019, IMF’s forecast for India was 7.5 percent. This was revised down to 7.3 percent in April, further down to 7 percent in July, 6.1 percent in October and now to 4.8 percent.