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Moody’s lowers GDP growth forecast

The 5.3% real GDP growth forecast for 2020 compares with 5.3% growth estimate for 2019 and 7.4% achieved in 2018

PTI New Delhi Published 17.03.20, 07:43 PM
Moody’s had in February projected a 5.4% real GDP growth for India in 2020. This too was a downgrade from 6.6 per cent earlier forecast.

Moody’s had in February projected a 5.4% real GDP growth for India in 2020. This too was a downgrade from 6.6 per cent earlier forecast. (Shutterstock)

Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday has lowered India’s GDP growth forecast for 2020 calendar year to 5.3 per cent, on coronavirus implications on the economy.

Moody’s had in February projected a 5.4 per cent real GDP growth for India in 2020. This too was a downgrade from 6.6 per cent earlier forecast.

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The 5.3 per cent real GDP growth forecast for 2020 compares with 5.3 per cent growth estimate for 2019 and 7.4 per cent achieved in 2018.

Stating that there was significant economic fallout from more rapid and wider spread of the coronavirus, the rating agency on Tuesday said dampening of domestic consumption demand in affected countries exacerbates disruptions to supply chains and cross-border trade of goods and services. “The longer the disruptions last, the greater the risk of global recession becomes,” it said. Moody's forecast a 5.8 per cent growth rate for India in 2021.

“A number of governments and central banks have announced countervailing measures, including fiscal stimulus packages, policy rate cuts,” it said.

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