The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India in FY23 to 8.2 per cent in its latest World Economic Outlook report, released on April 19, 2022. Earlier in January report, this was estimated at 9 per cent. IMF has also cut India’s FY24 GDP growth forecast to 6.9 per cent. Earlier this was 7.1 per cent. In the case of the global economy, IMF has cut the growth forecast for the calendar year 2022 to 3.6 per cent from 4.4 per cent.
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FY23 forecasts by various institutions (in %)
| Agency | Now | Earlier |
| World Bank | 8 | 8.7 |
| IMF | 8.2 | 9 |
| Fitch | 8.5 | 10.3 |
| India Ratings | 7-7.2 | 7.6 |
| Morgan Stanley | 7.9 | 8.4 |
| Citigroup | 8 | 8.3 |
| ICRA Ltd | 7.2 | 8 |
| RBI | 7.2 | 7.8 |
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