'US seen as less reliable partner than before': S&P Global Ratings chief economist Paul Gruenwald

Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India's strong economic growth. Excerpts: H ow do you look at global economy, given so much uncertainty? Back in April, we were very much focused on tariffs and downside risk to growth. It turns out that the tariff effects were not as bad as we thought. The narrative has really shifted over the last six months or so. Now, we're talking about upside risks from data centres and a capex boom. We definitely still have some policy uncertainty overhang in the US that spills over to the rest of the world. But, the main macro story is a bit better than it was eve