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RBI bulletin: Q3 growth to turn positive, says article

Mumbai | ByPress Trust of India
Dec 25, 2020 03:41 AM IST

Impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian economy dipped by a historic 23.9% in the first quarter of the current financial year. The contraction narrowed down to 7.5% in the second quarter.

The economy is coming out of the Covid pandemic’s impact faster than most of the predictions, and growth will enter positive zone in the third quarter of the current financial year, said an article on the “state of economy” in the RBI Bulletin.

CCTV cameras are seen installed above the logo of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inside its headquarters in Mumbai.(REUTERS)
CCTV cameras are seen installed above the logo of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inside its headquarters in Mumbai.(REUTERS)

“...more evidence has been turned in to show that the Indian economy is pulling out of COVID-19’s deep abyss and is breaking out amidst winter’s lengthening shadows towards a place in the sunlight...it is reflating at a pace that beats most prediction,” said the article written by officials of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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Impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian economy dipped by a historic 23.9% in the first quarter of the current financial year. The contraction narrowed down to 7.5% in the second quarter. Quoting reports, the article said, “Real GDP growth is expected to break out into positive territory in Q3 - albeit, to a slender 0.1%.” Two important forces are conspiring to bless this turning of the page on the virus, it said.

“First, India is bending the COVID infection curve: since mid-September, barring localised surges, infections are slanting fashion to support investment and consumption demand... The fiscal measures have been sequenced in a designed shift in focus from consumption expenditure in Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package to investment expenditure in Aatma Nirbhar 2.0 and 3.0,” the article added.

“The absence of the dreaded ‘second wave’ of pandemic in India so far has imparted elevation to this momentum in an environment of supportive macroeconomic policies, spurring a faster unlock and normalisation of the economy,” it added.

RBI said the views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the central bank. Authors said that contractions forecast by various agencies for the year as a whole are already being trimmed, and if the current momentum is maintained, the bounce back expected in the last quarter of the year may be stronger than postulated under baseline assumptions.

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