Despite the challenges faced by the global economy, including geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events, global growth remains resilient, supported by easing inflationary pressures and strong employment conditions.
India's GDP is projected to grow at 7.8 per cent in the just-concluded financial year 2023-24 and forecast is of around 6.6 per cent in each of the following two fiscal years, according to OECD's latest Economic Outlook. However, global near-term developments pose obstacles to higher growth.
Economic growth in the Asia Pacific region is better than previously projected but is expected to slow from 5 per cent in 2023 to 4.5 per cent in 2024, according to IMF's Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific.
Asia, led by India, is poised to make a significant contribution to global growth, with projections indicating that the region will account for about 60 per cent of global growth, as highlighted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a press briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook for
The report says productivity driven growth will contribute to a favourable outlook for India. With inflation projected at 4.5 per cent in the next fiscal and current account deficit forecasted to remain below 1.5 per cent of GDP during the same period.
After the IMF's World Economic Outlook forecast that India is set to remain the fastest-growing among major economies in 2024, experts hailed the IMF projections and highlighted that the Indian economy is set to become third largest in the world soon.
Fitch Ratings has raised its 2024 global GDP growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points to 2.4 per cent in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO), arguing that the prospects for growth world over in the near-term have improved.
The revised GDP estimate reflects an upward revision from Moody's earlier projection of 6.1 per cent, indicating a more favorable outlook for India's economic performance in the coming years.
Housing demand in India scaled up and prices across the top eight cities surged by about 20 per cent during 2021-2023. As per a report put out jointly by Colliers, Credai, and Liases Foras, homebuyer confidence was aided by a favourable interest rate cycle coupled with a positive economic ou