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Pakistan reaches initial agreement with IMF to unlock $1.2 billion from a $7 billion bailout

Pakistan will access about $1 billion under the Extended Fund Facility and $210 million under the climate-focused Resilience and Sustainability Facility.

How Iran war threatens India’s ‘Goldilocks’ economy & puts a dragon in the room

War in Middle East can affect India’s strong growth, which IMF forecast at 6.4% earlier and also push inflation higher from 2.75% recorded in January, global media predicts.

IMF revises India’s growth forecast upward, sees economy expanding 7.3% this fiscal year

Fund sees economy outperforming peers even as global growth steadies around 3.3%; inflation expected to ease worldwide,

How IMF’s routine data critique was spun to discredit India’s growth story

The IMF is criticising the method, not the morals, and concerns lie in the statistical technique, not ethical conduct.

IMF likely to tweak its classification for India’s forex framework

The move is expected two years after the lender upset RBI by suggesting it was intervening too heavily in the currency market.

India’s fiscal future depends on credibility, not just growth rate

As the era of easy money ends, the gap between the ability to borrow and the credibility to do so will define fiscal resilience. India still has the chance to strengthen both.

SubscriberWrites: India’s economy defies global headwinds, it’s a beacon of growth in a slowing world

To sustain momentum, India must continue focusing on structural reforms, particularly in land, labour & logistics, while nurturing human capital through education & skilling initiatives.

IMF seeks clarity from Pakistan on $11-billion worth discrepancies in its import data

Pakistan is currently receiving assistance from at least two IMF programmes, one of which was approved right after Operation Sindoor in May.

Pakistan’s credit upgrade lowers investor risk. A turning point in economy, say experts

'It shows that the risk of sovereign default, which was quite omnipotent just a couple of years ago, is in the past,' said Ali Farid Khwaja, chairman at KT Bank Pakistan.

India’s GDP victory over Japan is still a year away. Here’s why

India’s GDP has not yet surpassed Japan’s GDP. And when it does, it will neither be news nor a subject of research.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.