Topic: Gita Gopinath
Targeted policies, managing debt, ‘green’ economies — Gita Gopinath’s Covid survival guide
IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath talks about how countries can handle the consequences to economies, environment, and health systems. Read the full interview here.
India spends 1% GDP on Covid relief, can do more: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath
Speaking at the digital Off The Cuff, Gita Gopinath also said there was a lot of uncertainty around DGP forecasts, which are being revised based on ground realities. Read the full text here.
India can spend more to combat economic fallout of Covid: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath says India is spending around 1% of its GDP to combat the economic impact of Covid-19, but emerging markets on average are spending 2.5%.
Don’t make Depression-era mistake, world needs post-pandemic stimulus: IMF’s Gita Gopinath
Once recovery has happened & we are past pandemic phase, advanced economies must undertake a broad-based stimulus, Gita Gopinath says.
Coronavirus advice from leading economists: Bring out the big artillery
Economists say it’s still too early to tell how bad the economic damage from COVID-19 will be, but it will be large. They suggest bringing on fiscal firepower.
Amit Shah’s ‘kaagaz nahi dikhaayenge’ moment & India’s pulling the world down
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Has IMF’s Gita Gopinath made India a convenient scapegoat by blaming it for global slowdown?
The IMF has pegged India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent for 2019-2020, much less than its October 2019 projection of 6.1 per cent.
IMF cuts India growth forecast to 4.8%, flags stress in non-bank financial sector
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath cites decline in rural demand growth and an overall credit sluggishness for lowering of India forecasts.
Gita Gopinath asks India to stick to fiscal consolidation as Q3, Q4 recovery could be lower
At FICCI event, Gita Gopinath says IMF is likely to revise India's growth forecast downwards in its January outlook.
India needs bank clean-up, labour reforms to address slowdown: IMF’s Gita Gopinath
Economist Gita Gopinath said that the extent of India's economic slowdown had surprised many, including the IMF.
Stigmatise and shame nations that keep nukes if treaties are futile in banning them
Stigma could, in time, turn domestic opinion in China, sway public attitudes in Russia, India & elsewhere, or even bring the U.S. back to the arms-control negotiating table.
Wellness, watches & even weed — What the future holds for luxury retail
Covid has made 2020 the worst year for the global luxury market in modern history, but it is also why health is likely to be the ultimate luxury product in the next decade.
Defence
India, China working on Ladakh peace formula — alternate week patrolling, after disengagement
Patrolling in alternate weeks has been the established practice in the Northeast, and has worked well, barring the occasional face-off.
If Modi is a true reformer, he’ll bury Vodafone ghost and campaign on reforms in Bihar
No politician sees economic reform as a vote-catcher; it’s the old, povertarian economy that gets votes. Can Modi bring farm and labour reforms centre-stage?