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

<p>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.  <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Luis_Breuer-India_A4-Oct_2021-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf"> Transcript</a>: https://bit.ly/2ZvKViG</p>