Mumbai, April 25 -- Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department of IMF has stated that growth across Asia remained robust in the second half of 2024, with many countries closing large output gaps that had emerged during the Pandemic. Despite solid underlying drivers in various countries, growth modestly underperformed expectations. In China, an upside for the region, momentum exceeded expectations in late 2024 and in the first quarter of this year, supported by front-loading of exports and targeted policy support. In Japan, growth slowed early in 2024 due to supply disruptions but recovered in the second half on the back of rebounding domestic demand. He noted that most Asian economies saw inflation return to or near tar...