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Global Debt Has Reached Record High: IMF

The global debt reached a record high in 2016 at USD 164 trillion, or almost 225 per cent of GDP, Gaspar said, noting that most of the debt is in advanced economies although in the last 10 years, emerging market economies have been responsible for most of the increase

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India Should Take Steps To Ensure Privacy In Biometric Identification Programmes: IMF

The International Monetary Fund in its fiscal monitor report on digital government said digitalisation can facilitate stronger governance and fiscal transparency, allowing better public awareness and scrutiny of the budget process and the design of fiscal policy

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IMF's Lagarde Urges Government To 'Steer Clear Of Protectionism'

The multilateral trade system has "helped reduce by half the proportion of the global population living in extreme poverty," while barriers prevent trade from "playing its essential role in boosting productivity"

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Driving Rapid Innovation With Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Some enterprises have already recognized the advantages cloud economics offers and started to move their workloads, but we are only in the early stages

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IMF Suggests India To Set Up Independent Fiscal Council

India has accepted a public debt anchor at 60 per cent of GDP. We think that is appropriate. And that's something that will help India establish its public debt as a safe asset

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India Undergoing 'Exciting Digital Transformation’: IMF

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the International Monetary Fund's Fiscal Affairs Department, the IMF will put out book titled 'Digital Revolutions in Public Finance'

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Never Talked About Fiscal Stimulus: Arun Jaitley

He also said that the Reserve Bank of India is a mature institution and it knows what to do

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IMF Not Endorsing UBI In India: Official

The reports emerged in a section of media after the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its annual Fiscal Monitor report, said the UBI will outperform the PDS in terms of coverage, progressivity, and generosity

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IMFC Warns Against Complacency, Says Global Economic Recovery Incomplete

The International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC), in a communique issued today, said there has been a notable pickup in investment, trade, and industrial production

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Indian Economy On 'Very Solid Track': IMF Chief Christian Lagarde

India is for the medium and long-term on a growth track that is much more solid as a result of the structural reforms that have been conducted in India in the last couple of years

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IMF Favors Three Structural Reforms In India

Deputy Director Asia Pacific Department of IMF, Kenneth Kang, said the favorable outlook for Asia was an important opportunity for India to push forward with difficult reforms

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India Should Prioritise Public Banking Sector Reforms: IMF

The country's growth is expected to accelerate in the medium-term as temporary disruptions due to demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) fade, the International Monetary Fund said in its Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook Update

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Take Decisions To Make Economic Recovery Sustainable: IMF Chief To Policymakers

Noting that the recovery was stronger and much more broad-based than in the recent years, Lagarde said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects higher global growth this year (3.6 per cent) and in the next (3.7 percent)

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IMF Chief For Creation Of More Inclusive Global Trading System

Addressing a conference on globalisation, ahead of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank yesterday (11 October), she said, "The best policy response to all...challenges is not to turn our back on trade

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'UBI Looks Good As Substitute For Inequitable Public Spending'

With several countries discussing the option of universal basic income (UBI) for their unemployed population, the International Monetary Fund carried out a simulation exercise of various subsidy schemes with UBI

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