Lower GDP growth, RBI rate hikes, reversal of base effect to blunt credit growth, analysts say
The RBI MPC cut down the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for FY23 from 7 per cent in the September announcement to 6.8 per cent
Ratio for manufacturing firms at 9-quarter low of 0.93%
Steel consumption, commercial vehicle sales and some other sectors help economy
'It's hard to see 2023 as a great year for the urban middle-class as global tech-industry layoffs affect jobs and capital availability for startups. Rural demand is anyway sluggish'
CAD in Q1 of 2013 was 4.9 per cent of GDP, while net exports stood at 5.93 per cent of GDP
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GDP grew 7.6 per cent in the September quarter of FY23 over the comparable period in FY20, which was before the pandemic
While on the growth outlook of the next financial year FY24, he said he is optimistic on the growth story than many of global agencies forecast
The Q2FY23 GDP numbers are unlikely to change the policy focus of RBI from withdrawing accommodation, with growth being in line with expectations
Growth numbers for the second quarter of the current financial year are scheduled to be out today
India is expected to post annual growth of 6.2% in the three months to September 31, according to a Reuters poll
Finance ministry expects moderation in retail inflation in FY24
The GDP numbers for the second quarter of the current financial year are scheduled to be out by this month end
Says India is set to be second-fastest growing G-20 economy in FY23, despite decelerating global demand and tightening of monetary policy to manage inflationary pressures
Gross domestic product may expand by 5.9% in calendar year 2023 from an estimated 6.9% this year
Headline inflation showing signs of easing, it says
Moody's on Friday slashed India's GDP growth projections for 2022 to 7 per cent from 7.7 per cent earlier as the global slowdown and rising domestic interest rates will dampen economic momentum. This is the second time that Moody's Investors Service has cut India's growth estimates. In September, it had cut projections for the current year to 7.7 per cent from 8.8 per cent estimated in May. "For India, the 2022 real GDP growth projections have been lowered to 7 per cent from 7.7 per cent. The downward revision assumes higher inflation, high-interest rates and slowing global growth will dampen economic momentum by more than we had previously expected," the agency said in its Global Macro Outlook 2023-24. Moody's expects growth to decelerate to 4.8 per cent in 2023 and then to rise to around 6.4 per cent in 2024. It said the global economy is on the verge of a downturn amid extraordinarily high levels of uncertainty amid persistent inflation, monetary policy tightening, fiscal ...
India's GDP growth will slow down to 5.5 per cent in FY24 from the 6.9 per cent expected in the current fiscal 2022-23, a Swiss brokerage said on Wednesday. The slowdown was attributed to slowing global growth and tightening of monetary policies in the report by economists at UBS India. It said India will be among the "lesser affected economies" in the world, but made it clear that the world's fifth largest economy is not immune from global headwinds. "Factoring in the delayed impact of monetary tightening on domestic demand, we continue to expect India's growth to remain below consensus in FY24. In our base case, we expect India's real GDP growth to slow from 6.9 per cent in FY23 to 5.5 per cent in FY24 before settling at the long-run average of 6 per cent in FY25," the report said. Responding to high domestic inflation and rate hikes by global central banks, the RBI has already hiked the policy rate by 1.90 per cent since May this year and is only expected to hike more, which can
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