India likely to see muted GDP growth, high inflation over next few quarters: Experts
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India likely to see muted GDP growth, high inflation over next few quarters: Experts

India Today  

India is likely to see a slowdown in GDP growth over the next few quarters combined with high inflation, stated an experts’ panel at the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2022 on Saturday. Pranjul Bhandari, Managing Director, Chief India Economist, Asean economist, HSBC, said: “We have done well in the last two quarters directing the post-pandemic growth, but the next few quarters are going to be tricky.” She said exports have been a key driver for India’s post-pandemic growth but they are now likely to decline, hurting our GDP.” Here's all that's happening at India Today Conclave Mumbai 2022 “The second aspect is pent-up demand. ‘INFLATION LIKELY TO BE 6%-7%’ Speaking about inflation in India, Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director and CEO, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt Ltd, said: “It’s unlikely that the inflation will come down to even 6%. I don’t see any spike in inflation, but I don’t see it coming down too much either.” Neelkanth Mishra, co-head, Asia Pacific Strategy, India Equity Strategist, Credit Suisse, agreed: “Inflation will be higher than the target of 4% but will be lower than the current figure of 7.5%.” On India’s growth prospects, he said: “It is much higher than what the consensus has been.

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Retail inflation eases to four-month low of 5.22% in December 2024

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India’s economy projected to grow 6.6% in 2025, driven by private demand, investment: UN
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The Hindu  

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India’s inflation likely eased to 5.3% in December: Mint poll
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​Growth chill: On the economy

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SBI downgrades India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.3% for FY25, citing economic challenges

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Why the 6.4% GDP growth estimate for FY25 should worry Modi govt

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The first advance estimates of GDP growth for FY25 have confirmed the worst fears of economists—that growth will fall much below the 7 per cent estimated by the Reserve Bank of India. India’s GDP growth for the second quarter was 5.4 per cent, down from 6.7 per cent in the first quarter and way below the 8.1 per cent in …

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GDP growth in FY25 may hit 4-year low. Is Indian economy losing steam?

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India’s real GDP expected to rise 6.4% in FY25

The Hindu  

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GDP growth slows to 6.4 per cent for 2024-25, down from 8.2 per cent in previous year: Govt Data

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The Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation announced on Tuesday that India's Gross Domestic Product will grow by 6.4 per cent in FY2024-25, a sharp decline from the 8.2 per cent growth recorded in FY24. "Real GDP has been estimated to grow by 6.4 per cent in FY 2024-25 as compared to the growth rate of 8.2 per cent in …

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India’s central bank should lead the policy easing cycle that its economy needs

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India's GDP growth may hit 4-year low of 6.4% in FY25, shows government data

India Today  

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Watch: Indian economy: what to expect in 2025?

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A sombre December manufacturing PMI curbs enthusiasm

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Prospects for Indian Economy Improving Says RBI Gov

Deccan Chronicle  

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Consumer, business confidence to drive growth: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra

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India FY25 GDP: Indian economy poised to grow 6.6% in FY25 on revival in urban, rural demand: RBI Report

Live Mint  

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Why inflation will matter more in 2025: Explained

The Hindu  

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India Sees Economic Growth at 6.5% for the Year Through March

Live Mint  

-- India expects the economy to grow at around 6.5% in the year through March, against 8.2% a year before, after the economy slowed unexpectedly in the July-September quarter. “We expect the economy to grow at around 6.5% in real terms in financial year 2024-25,” the Department of Economic Affairs said in its monthly economic review for November. “India’s growth …

Indian economy to grow nearly 6.5% in FY25 amid global triggers, GDP to bounce back in second-half: FinMin report
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Indian economy to grow nearly 6.5% in FY25 amid global triggers, GDP to bounce back in second-half: FinMin report

Live Mint  

India GDP growth: The Indian economy is expected to grow nearly 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal year 2024-25, closer to the lower end of the 6.5-7 per cent projection, against 8.2 per cent a year before, due to global uncertainties and triggers posing a dampening threat. The Finance Ministry expects a gross domestic product growth of 6.5 per …

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India’s Economy Is Likely to Grow by 6.5 per Cent in the Current and the Next Financial Year

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India's economy is likely to grow by 6.5 per cent in the current and the next financial year, attributing lower than anticipated expansion in the September quarter to fall in private consumption expenditure and gross fixed capital formation. The economy continued to be negative even in October 2024 at 8.4 per cent, implying that in the first seven …

India’s high-frequency indicators recovering in Q3, to lift GDP in H2: RBI December Bulletin
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India’s high-frequency indicators recovering in Q3, to lift GDP in H2: RBI December Bulletin

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Several high-frequency indicators for the third quarter of the current financial year show that the Indian economy is recovering from the slowdown in momentum witnessed in the previous three months ended September, according to a paper in the Reserve Bank of India’s monthly bulletin. The recovery in Q3 of FY25 is being driven by strong festival activity and sustained …

Economy rebounds in Q3 with boost from festivals and rural demand: RBI
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Economy rebounds in Q3 with boost from festivals and rural demand: RBI

India Today  

The Indian economy is recovering from the slowdown in momentum witnessed in the September quarter, driven by strong festival activity and a sustained upswing in rural demand, according to a Reserve Bank of India bulletin released on Tuesday. "High frequency indicators for the third quarter of 2024-25 indicate that the Indian economy is recovering from the slowdown in momentum witnessed …

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How the Indian economy fared in 2024, in 9 charts

Live Mint  

The year 2024 kept governments across the world on tenterhooks, with more than 60 countries, including India, holding elections, injecting uncertainty about how the outcomes would shape future fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. The Indian economy faced several challenges in 2024, from slowing growth to stubborn inflation to risks associated with personal loan growth. While the fight against inflation made …

Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers
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Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India’s economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters despite the lower-than-expected GDP numbers for the second quarter. India’s GDP growth for the July-September quarter fell sharply to 5.4% from 6.7% in the previous quarter, marking an 18-month low, as per data released by the National Statistics Office in November. However, …

India’s wholesale inflation dips to 1.89% in November after hitting four-month high in October
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India’s wholesale inflation dips to 1.89% in November after hitting four-month high in October

Firstpost  

Headline retail inflation, the key target for the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decisions, eased to 5.48% in November, down from 6.21% in the prior month India’s wholesale inflation slowed in November to 1.89% year-on-year, easing from the previous month, due to a smaller increase in food prices, government data showed on Monday. The wholesale inflation rate, a proxy …

Growth slowdown: Why lay a deeper economic malaise at RBI’s door?
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Growth slowdown: Why lay a deeper economic malaise at RBI’s door?

Live Mint  

Chapter 16 in the Book of Leviticus, Old Testament, enjoins Aaron to organize sacrifices and expiate the sins of all Israelites. Various ministers, government officials and sundry industry representatives have been hinting at RBI culpability in India’s economic slowdown and have called upon its monetary policy committee to cut rates in support of growth. The debate began with this year’s …

India FY25 GDP: Fitch slashes India’s growth forecast to 6.4% from 7% for 2025-26
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India FY25 GDP: Fitch slashes India’s growth forecast to 6.4% from 7% for 2025-26

Live Mint  

India's growth forecast: US-based credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings on Friday revised India's GDP forecast to 6.4 per cent to 7 per cent for FY25. This cut comes after the Reserve Bank of India, in its recent monetary policy committee, revised India's growth forecast to 6.6 per cent from 7.2 per cent. In the July-September quarter of FY25, the Indian …

RBI repo rate cut expectations build as CPI inflation moderates; Economists expect shallow rate-cut cycle from February
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RBI repo rate cut expectations build as CPI inflation moderates; Economists expect shallow rate-cut cycle from February

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation in November aligned with market expectations and remained within the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance band. Analysts anticipate that the RBI could initiate a shallow rate-cut cycle in its February 2025 policy meeting, provided inflation continues to decline. Hitesh Suvarna of JM Financial anticipates that the next step in RBI’s policy action will involve a rate cut, …

India bond yields seen a tad higher ahead of debt supply
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India bond yields seen a tad higher ahead of debt supply

Live Mint  

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI, Dec 13 - Indian government bonds are expected to rise marginally in early deals on Friday, as market participants await a fresh supply of debt through the weekly auction, while elevated U.S. yields will continue to weigh on sentiment. New Delhi aims to raise 370 billion rupees through the sale of bonds later in the day, …

Mint Quick Edit: Lower inflation raises the likelihood of an RBI rate cut
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Mint Quick Edit: Lower inflation raises the likelihood of an RBI rate cut

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As luck would have it, Sanjay Malhotra’s assuming charge of the Reserve Bank of India has been accompanied by a notable drop in inflation. Measured by the consumer price index, India’s inflation rate fell to 5.5% in November, compared with 6.2% in October, according to government data released on Thursday. October’s reading was the highest in 14 months, but November’s …

India’s retail inflation eases to 5.48%, industrial production rises to 3-month high
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India’s retail inflation eases to 5.48%, industrial production rises to 3-month high

Firstpost  

These positive developments come as India grapples with a seven-quarter low in real GDP growth, which fell to 5.4 per cent in the July-September period, down from 6.7 per cent in the previous quarter In positive developments for the Indian economy, the country’s retail inflation cooled, while industrial production saw an uptick, according to recently released data. Food inflation eases …

Govt confident of economic rebound despite global challenges, says Piyush Goyal
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Govt confident of economic rebound despite global challenges, says Piyush Goyal

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New Delhi: Despite global uncertainties owing to supply-chain disturbances following the Red Sea crisis, union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said he was confident that India's economic growth would be back on track by the end of the fiscal year. Speaking at Times Network’s India Economic Conclave on Thursday, Goyal said, "There was an election in the first …

Retail inflation slows slightly at 5.48%
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Retail inflation slows slightly at 5.48%

Hindustan Times  

Retail inflation rose to 5.48% last month, a slower pace of increase compared to 6.21% in October, data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed on Thursday. Despite the slowing pace of growth in prices, the Consumer Price Index-based rate of retail inflation stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s 4% tolerance level, with two percentage points of …

India’s retail inflation moderates to 5.48% in November, IIP expands to 3.5% in October
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India’s retail inflation moderates to 5.48% in November, IIP expands to 3.5% in October

Live Mint  

Hopes of an early rate cut were rekindled on Thursday as retail inflation fell back within the central bank's tolerance band in November, while factory output hit a three-month high in October, in good news for the economy that slowed in the second quarter. Retail inflation based on the consumer price index fell to a three-month low of 5.48% in …

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October
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Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October

India Today  

India's retail inflation cooled to 5.48% in November, slipping below the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6% after breaching it in October. "High inflation reduces the disposable income in the hands of consumers," Das noted, adding that food inflation could stay elevated through the third quarter of FY25 before easing. Expected revisions could lower food’s weightage by …

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November as compared to 6.21% in October, check main reasons
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Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November as compared to 6.21% in October, check main reasons

India TV News  

India's retail inflation has declined to 5.48 per cent in November compared to 6.21 pewr cent in October, mainly due to easing food prices, especially vegetables, according to government data released on Thursday. According to Consumer Price Index data released by the National Statistics Office, the inflation in the food basked reduced to 9.04 per cent in November. The CPI-based …

India’s Inflation Story: Here are five key things you should know
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India’s Inflation Story: Here are five key things you should know

Live Mint  

India's inflation is at its 14-month peak, according to October 2024 data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. According to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on November 12, India's consumer price index inflation rose to 6.2 per cent in October 2024, compared to 5.49 per cent in September 2024. Finance Ministry's Inflation Target: …

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll
1 month ago

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation is expected to have eased to 5.5% in November from 6.2% the previous month, driven by a seasonal decline in vegetable prices, according to a Mint poll of 16 economists. Even if inflation moderated in November, it would still have exceeded the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4% in all but two months since September …

ADB lowers growth projections for India to 6.5% in FY25, 7% in FY26
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ADB lowers growth projections for India to 6.5% in FY25, 7% in FY26

Deccan Chronicle  

The Asian Development Bank has lowered India’s GDP growth projections for FY25 to 6.5 per cent from 7 per cent estimated in September as well as the projection for FY26 to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent predicted earlier owing to tighter prudential norms and lower than expected industrial growth in Q2. Inflation estimates for the current fiscal has …

Indian economy set for resilient growth in 2025; urban consumption, infra investment to be key: S&P
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Indian economy set for resilient growth in 2025; urban consumption, infra investment to be key: S&P

Firstpost  

In its India outlook for 2025, S&P also retained India’s growth forecast for current fiscal at 6.8 per cent, followed by 6.9 per cent growth in 2025-26 S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said the Indian economy is set for “resilient growth” in 2025 and projected inflation pressure to recede which will lead to “modest” easing of the monetary policy by …

Vivek Kaul: India’s GDP growth slump holds lessons in forecasting
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Vivek Kaul: India’s GDP growth slump holds lessons in forecasting

Live Mint  

India’s growth in gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, for the period July to September slowed to a seven-quarter low of 5.4%. Or as Zahaan Bharmal writes in The Art of Physics: Eight Elegant Ideas to Make Sense of Everything: “Blithe predictions… cannot be made in a complex system where the impossibility of accurate prediction is inbuilt." Data from the …

SBI forecasts GDP growth of 6.3%, lower than RBI's 6.6% estimate for FY25
1 month, 1 week ago

SBI forecasts GDP growth of 6.3%, lower than RBI's 6.6% estimate for FY25

Hindustan Times  

The State Bank of India has projected India's gross domestic product would grow at 6.3% during the ongoing fiscal year, lower than the Reserve Bank of India's estimate of 6.6%, revised from the earlier 7.2%. India's GDP grew at 5.4% in the July-September quarter of FY25, the lowest in seven quarters The SBI said, “We believe that GDP growth for …

Economists ask Finance Minister to focus on growth rather than fiscal consolidation
1 month, 1 week ago

Economists ask Finance Minister to focus on growth rather than fiscal consolidation

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: With the second quarter GDP growth falling to a 7-quarter low of 5.4%, economists have asked the government to shift its policy focus to growth rather than fiscal consolidation. In a pre-budget meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, a delegation of economists suggested the government readdress the pace of fiscal consolidation and take measures to boost …

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