Gita Gopinath Current Affairs, GK & News
IMF World Economic Outlook- Update
On July 27th the International Monetary Fund has cut India’s GDP growth forecast to 9.5% for the fiscal year 2021-22. Previously, IMF has forecasted 12.5% GDP growth. Highlights relating to India GDP forecast has been cut citing the hit on economic activity due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the second ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Gita Gopinath • Global Economy • International Monetary Fund • World Economic Outlook
IMF to keep 2021 global growth forecast at 6%: Managing Director
On July 21, 2021, The International Monetary Fund has said that it is estimating that global growth for 2021 will be about 6%, the same that was forecasted in April, but some countries are growing faster and others more slowly. Key Points Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director, said that economic recovery will be truncated ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Gita Gopinath • global growth for 2021 • International Monetary Fund • Kristalina Georgieva
IMF lowers from 6.1 to 4.8 Percent GDP Growth Rate for India
The Washington, D.C based international organization, International Monetary Fund (IMF)decreased India’s GDP growth forecast to 4.8 percent for this fiscal year, which is 1.3 percentage point lesser than its previous estimates. Chief Economist of the IMF, Gita Gopinath stated in a blogpost that the slow down in the Indian economy which resulted in weak rural ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Chief Economist of the IMF • GDP Growth Rate • Gita Gopinath • Gross domestic product • International Monetary Fund (IMF) • Non-Banking Financial Companies • Washington D.C
Gita Gopinath becomes the first female chief economist of IMF
Gita Gopinath has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist. She is the first woman to occupy the post of chief economist of IMF. She is the 11th chief economist of the IMF. Role of Chief Economist of IMF The chief economist of IMF undertakes the following functions: The Chief Economist is also the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Chief Economist • Director of the Fund's Research Department • First Female chief Economist of IMF • Gita Gopinath • International Monetary Fund
Gita Gopinath joined IMF as its first female Chief Economist
Prof. Gita Gopinath, the John Zwaanstra professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University, has joined International Monetary Fund (IMF) as its first female Chief Economist. The 11th chief economist of the IMF, Gopinath succeeded Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department. With this, Gopinath became the 2nd ..
Topics: Fellows of the Econometric Society • Gita Gopinath • Indian people • International Monetary Fund • Maurice Obstfeld • Olivier Blanchard • Organizations • Raghuram Rajan • South India