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Low growth, high inflation are top risks for India
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26-05-2023 | 07:33
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Low growth, high inflation are top risks for India
India's economy will grow about 6 percent this fiscal year with a small increase in private investment, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said lower growth and high inflation were the biggest risks to the outlook.
While that was expected to be faster than other major economies, India needs higher growth and investment to create enough jobs for the millions of people joining the workforce every year.
Gross domestic product (GDP) was forecast to have grown at an annual 5.0 percent in January-March, up from 4.4 percent in the preceding quarter, the May 16-25 poll of 56 economists showed. Forecasts ranged widely, from 3.4 percent to 6.0 percent.
Growth was forecast to average 6.0 percent for the current fiscal year and then improve to 6.4 percent in 2024-25, survey medians showed. Those estimates were largely unchanged from an April poll.
But many economists say this is still below potential.
"The issue now is (to) move back to over 7 percent we saw during high-growth years...we need to bring in a lot more reforms," said Sakshi Gupta, principal economist at HDFC Bank.
"The current growth momentum doesn't seem to suggest we will be able to reach it if we continue on this path."
A moderate global economic outlook and the high risk of below-average rainfall in India this year, which threatens agricultural production and food supplies, suggest Asia's third-largest economy may grow by less than expected but still generate high inflation.
Nearly 60 percent of respondents, 22 of 38, said that was the biggest economic risk this year. A further 12 chose low growth with low inflation, while four said high growth and high inflation.
Inflation was predicted to average 5.1 percent and 4.8 percent this fiscal year and next, respectively, above the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4 percent, suggesting interest rate cuts are unlikely in the short term after a year of rate rises.
Ongoing price pressures and flagging private investment pose challenges for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government as it readies for national elections next year.
Private investment as a proportion of the economy has consistently declined since 2011. Over 55 percent of economists, 21 of 38, predict a modest increase this fiscal year. Another 13 expect it to stay the same and four said it would fall.
"We anticipate private investment to grow, but growth will remain lacklustre against a backdrop of slowing private and external consumption demand, global uncertainties and higher interest rates," said Alexandra Hermann at Oxford Economics.
But analysts say that is not likely to do much to raise employment.
The jobless rate rose to 8.11 percent in April, on a steady rise since the start of the year, according to widely watched data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), an independent research group.
A majority of economists polled, 20 of 36, said unemployment will increase over the coming fiscal year. Twelve said it will stay around the same while four said it will decrease.
"While corporate growth is happening and India has many growth sectors ... they don't create too many jobs. We don't think that the unemployment situation will improve tangibly," said Sher Mehta, director of research at Virtuoso Economics.
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