Rebuilding Macroeconomic Credibility: IMF’s Assessment of India’s Data Architecture
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 2025 Staff Report on India reignited discussion about the nation’s statistical architecture. It rated India’s national accounts data a C-grade. It stated that the evaluation of national accounts has numerous deficiencies. It has drawn attention from around the world. Whereas other macroeconomic datasets obtained a general satisfactory B-grade. The grade…