World Economic Outlook, April 2016

World Economic Outlook April 2016

Question: World Economic Outlook report is published by-
(a) The International Monetary Fund
(b) The World Bank
(c) The World Economic Forum
(d) None of these
Ans (a)
Related facts:

  • On 12 April 2016 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its “World Economic Outlook, April 2016” report.
  • The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook now predicts global growth of 3.2% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2017.
  • The current value is less than its earlier projection (January) by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points respectively.
  • According to the report, India will be the fastest growing major economy in 2016-17 growing at 7.5%, ahead of China, at a time when global growth is facing increasing downside risks, as per the World Economic outlook released by the IMF.
  • According to the IMF the growth rate of the Indian economy is driven by private consumption and an increase in industrial activity.
  • The report also marginally increased its growth projections by 0.2% percentage points for China to 6.5% and 6.2% in 2016 and 2017 respectively citing resilient domestic demand.

Reference:

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/text.pdf