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Disconnect between markets, real economy can pose threat to recovery: IMF

The disconnect between financial markets and the real economy can be illustrated by the recent decoupling between the soaring US equity markets and plunging consumer confidence

Market Ahead, June 25: Top factors that could guide markets today

A total of 147 companies, including Apollo Hospitals, Ashok Leyland, and Bank of India are scheduled to announce their quarterly results today

IMF projects global economy to shrink by 4.9% this year over Covid-19

The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage

India's slow climb to $500-billion foreign exchange reserves fortune

The country was forced to sell its gold in early 1991 to raise emergency funding from the IMF

IMF sees 'profound uncertainty' about global recovery: Gita Gopinath

Gopinath said the economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic was more global and playing out differently than past crises

$10 trn spent to combat coronavirus pandemic, far more needed: IMF

New estimates suggested that up to 100 million people could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said

Pak rejects IMF demand to freeze govt employees salaries; budget on June 12

The government is struggling to strike a balance between fiscal consolidation and providing an impetus to economic growth

Struggling before lockdown, copper manufacturers stare at meltdown

The anticipated economic slump is likely to weaken their prospects

Pakistan receives $1.39 bn loan from IMF to deal with coronavirus crisis

The $1.39 billion loan is in addition to the $6 billion bailout package that Pakistan had signed with the IMF in July last year to stave off a balance of payment crisis

Statsguru: The trail of Covid-19 destruction and a resulting recession

According to the International Monetary Fund, the pandemic is expected to cause the biggest recession since the Great Depression

Covid-19: Global economic contraction in H1 of 2020 inevitable, says IMF

The IMF managing director said the immediate priority was to minimise the pandemic's human toll and economic disruption

IMF, World Bank release funds to aid Covid-19 battle: These nations benefit

More than 2.14 million people in more than 210 countries and territories have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally, and as many as 143,744 have died so far

Dangerous crossroads: Extraordinary steps have the habit of becoming habits

Printing money to fund crisis measures is not without risk; countries like the US might get away with it, but the price for excess is always greater for a developing country, writes T N Ninan

Coronavirus impact: Over 100 million Indians could fall below poverty line

Job losses, destruction of informal sector and inadequate government support could push India back by a decade in poverty-reduction progress

Refrain from restrictions on exporting medical supplies: IMF chief Gopinath

Gopinath said that these are difficult times in terms of globalisation for dealing with this pandemic

Amid dire economic forecasts, an urgent govt response is awaited

An economic relief package from the govt is overdue

Top biz headlines: Govt's 2nd stimulus package, economic growth, and more

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India to grow at 1.9% in FY21, recover to 7.4% path in 2021-22: IMF

The country will still be the fastest growing large economy this financial year, but it will lose that tag next year to China, says the agency.

World Bank sees India's GDP growth at 1.5-2.8%, lowest since 1991 crisis

Warns social distancing to be a challenge among migrant workers, slum dwellers

Covid-19: Poor countries staring at a debt crisis, says UN report

Many workers in the gig economy, dominated by service sector start-ups, are poorly protected against income losses in a recession