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Luis Breuer on India's Outlook: Seeing Through the Fog

Luis Breuer

October 28, 2021

Rising prices matter in India because a large percentage of the consumption basket is food (iStock by Getty images/BDphoto)
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Luis Breuer - Luis Breuer on India's Outlook: Seeing Through the Fog
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In This Episode
Despite two brutal COVID-19 waves and the widespread disruptions that ensued, India's economy is set to be one of the fastest-growing major economies for this year and beyond. Following a sharp contraction in GDP last year, India's latest outlook shows growth is expected to rebound to 9.5 percent this year and 8.5 percent in FY2022/23. Luis Breuer is IMF Senior Representative to India, Nepal and Bhutan, and a coauthor of the report. In this podcast, Breuer says India is recovering thanks to its response and scaled-up vaccine production but the pandemic is still clouding the country's outlook. Transcript

Luis Breuer is the Senior Resident Representative of the IMF to India, Nepal and Bhutan.

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