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World Economic Outlook 2021- key details of the IMF's Report

IMF refers to the International Monetary Fund. It was created in 1945. It is a global organization and has members from nearly 189 countries from the beginning itself, India being its member. After the second world war, the International Monetary Fund set up a conference in Bretton Woods. The IMF is accountable for all its member countries. It always stores a database which is called the World Economic Outlook database. This World Economic Outlook database delivers reports twice a year. The cycle begins every January and June months of the year. And the reports are delivered in April and September of every year. Let us have a look at the World Economic Outlook key details of the IMF report. 


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World Economic Outlook key Details

As per the report of the international monetary fund, India has generated an 11.5% growth rate. Let's have detailed key points of the world economic Outlook. 

  • For the physical year 2022, India has increased its growth rate from 8.8% to 11.2%. It is a considerable improvement in the growth of the Indian economy.

  • The World Economic Outlook report is published by the International Monetary Fund, India is recorded as the key nation among all other countries by recording its double-digit growth in its economy. Among all the countries, India became the fastest-growing economic nation.

  • As per the prediction given by the latest world economic Outlook report, for the fiscal year 2022, India may face a bit of contraction to 10.5%.

  • But for the fiscal year 2023, India again gets back to its increased economy by 6.8%.

  • Other member countries are also considered while looking into the World Economic Outlook 2021- key details of the IMF's report. 

  • China took first place with a growth rate of 8.1%. Then Spain recorded 5.9% followed by France 5.5%. 

  • China has recorded a significant growth rate when compared to other member countries.

These are the major key details of the world economic outlook report is published by the IMF. 


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Interesting facts in the IMF Report

After exploring the key details of the world economic outlook for the year 2021, it is clear that there is a lot to understand about International Monetary Fund. Besides these two-semester reports, the IMF also plays a significant role by estimating the financial status of its member countries. Let us understand more interesting facts available in the IMF report.

  • The IMF may look after various activities. They include - transferring firms, prevention of bankruptcies, providing funds to various lending programs, credit guarantee methods, etc.

  • With the impact of covid-19, the IMF has done a detailed analysis from the year 1990 to 2020. Only a single year of a recession caused several Bankruptcies. 

  • Based on circumstances, some countries may reflect declining moratoria also.

  • Even though several countries went into recession, the average annual growth was recorded up to 5.5% by the International Monetary Fund in the fiscal year 2021. Whereas for the next financial year it might be 4.2%.

  • When compared to the previous forecasting economy, the current forecast may increase up to 0.3%.

  • Due to proper administration, and a, vaccine environment there is a huge scope for strengthening the economy of the IMF. The IMF also provides suggestions to the large economy countries for their survival in the recession. 

  • When compared to the fiscal year 2021 and 2020, it has a collapse, whereas it has a growing economy. Need to have shown a great negative impact on all ages of people like a woman, youth, children, working people of various sectors like education, etc. 

  • The International Monetary Fund, a global organization, also motivates its members to continue their work and economy so that there is no deficiency in the liquidity of the global economy. Even though few countries may face deficit funds, on average, it will be sufficient.

  • A common framework was agreed upon by the G20. Under this common framework, the countries can restructure their economies and fulfil their depth by working with creditors with mutual concern. So that it helps maintain the unsustainable sovereign debt.

  • In recent times, everything is under the global market. So it is good to maintain understanding and friendly relations with neighboring countries to clear our debts and maintain a sustainable economy for the nation and the global economy.

  • By observing the latest world economic outlook report, everyone can understand the projections of an increased economy, growing countries, clearing debts, getting out of bankruptcies, etc. 

These are a few of the interesting facts in the report of the IMF.

Inequalities in Economy

The International Monetary Fund always takes care of its members. Another interesting fact of the IMF is assisting in maintaining economic equality.

  • Putting efforts and suggesting new investment ideas globally.

  • Providing training programs to inculcate the reskilling among the workers for re-employment opportunities.

  • Strengthening social and financial assistance from the neighboring countries.

  • Expanding the insurance policies and employment benefits especially for the displaced workers. 

  • Analyzing all the circumstances, resources, and factors and providing a growth graph for every country with keen supervision.

  • Projecting various inflation and deflation graphs to understand the current status of their own country throughout the world. As it is a comparison with 189 countries, they can maintain healthy competition and strive to get a better economy among other countries.


The International Monetary Fund is a crucial global organization that always strives for the welfare of economic growth of every country. As it was formed in 1945, India became a member. It also helps its members in various ways to maintain sustainability and to avoid bankruptcy, lending from creditors. This article clarifies the key details of the world economic Outlook of 2021, and a reader can also understand the IMF's interesting facts.

FAQs on IMF's WEO Reports 2021

1. How does the IMF collect data?

The International monetary fund always maintains the world economic database. To store the database, the IMF collects data using Financial Access Survey (FAS). It provides both geographic and demographic data. The IMF offers: 

  • Collecting data from worldwide consumers. 

  • Identification of high-quality data and should be compared with other countries. 

  • It collects all the global data, financial data, and exchange rate data as well.

  • So that it can be able to provide data for GDP, inflation, deflation, growth, the balance of payments, exports, imports, commodity prices, etc.

  • After collecting all this data, the international monetary-financial services provide statistical data for easy analysis and interpretation. It uses several statistical tools like pie charts, bar graphs, linear graphs, etc.

  • The IMF also establishes few standards and the courts to maintain confidentiality to the outsiders and to maintain transparency among the member countries.

  • Wireless storing data into huge database servers also has several compilation codes and execution codes. The confidential data will be kept to hide and then stored in multiple folders for getting duplicate copies.

  • The data also consists of financial policies, recently updated government policies, improvement measures, etc.

  • The IMF also provides access to its member countries to update automatically and needs to raise an Inc and get approvals from the respective authorities.

2. Who controls the IMF?

The IMF will have accountability towards all its member countries. But being a formality and to monitor all the activities regularly, the committee members appointed Kristalina Georgieva as managing director, the Chief Economist is Gita Gopinath. The Board of Governors of radius countries will become the main organ of the international monetary fund. The IMF also has nearly 2400 personnel with various designations at various departments.


Including higher authorities, all the personal works for a single motor of getting welfare of the global economy. It has multiple objectives like promoting every nation's economy, providing guidelines and safety measures to prevent bankruptcy, sovereign debts, etc., and providing training programs to enhance knowledge for more employment opportunities for displaced employees. Maintaining transference data with high-level confidentiality and representing the world economic Outlook reports twice a year.

3. Does the IMF give money to individuals?

The IMF will lend money as a creditor to its member countries whenever the Nation's economy falls into bankruptcy or maintains sovereign debts continuously. The IMF always lifts the nations with less economy and helps maintain the sustainability of large economy nations. That's the reason also promotes a friendly relationship with all the neighboring countries to get financial lending from the grown-up countries to growing countries. If the global economy had more funds, the IMF itself was ready to lend money to the needed country with mutual concern along with all the legal formalities. The loans provided by the IMF were completely transparent to all other members, and it gets acceptance from the other countries too. In this way, the IMF provides loans to individual countries.