IMF MD forecasts ‘little weaker’ Indian economy in 2025 despite global growth, US trade policy in focus
Live MintInternational Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva has predicted that the Indian economy is likely to be “a little weaker” in 2025 despite pojected steady global growth, according to a PTI report. She cited uncertainty around the United States trade policy under the coming Donald Trump administration as the key factor affecting the Indian and other world economy this year, it added. IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva Says… In her annual media roundtable with a group of reporters on January 10, Georgieva said global growth is expected to be steady in 2025, but with regional divergence. US Trade Policy, Donald Trump Factor Push Uncertainty “This uncertainty is particularly high around the path for trade policy going forward, adding to the headwinds facing the global economy, especially for countries and regions that are more integrated in global supply chains, medium-sized economies, Asia as a region," she said.