IMF Sees India’s Economic Risks Rising Amid Global Uncertainty

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India’s world-beating economic growth faces headwinds from geoeconomic fragmentation and slower domestic demand, and it should implement crucial structural reforms to realize its ambition of becoming a developed country, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Intensification of regional conflicts, volatile commodity prices, weakened international cooperation and cyberthreats pose high risk to India’s growth, the IMF said in its Article IV country report released Thursday.