Declining oil prices, stable rupee sign of high growth in coming months: Garg

04 Jun 2019 Evaluate

Expressing hopes on growth of economy, Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that declining global oil prices, stable rupee and falling interest rate are sure signs of high growth in coming months following the government’s data showed that India’s economy slowed down in the fourth quarter as well as in full fiscal year 2018-19.

Garg said ‘Turn around in demand and financing conditions beginning well. PMI manufacturing is at 52.7. Crude is moving towards 60 dollars. Govt bond yield has gone below 7%. Spread for NBFCs/HFCs over Govt bond is narrowing. Rupee is firmly below 70. Sure signs of coming high growth.’ Earlier, he had said slowdown would continue in the first quarter of this fiscal. However, he had expressed hope that growth will pick up from the second quarter of the current financial year.

Besides, India's growth rate has declined to 5-year low of 5.8% in in Q4FY19 and the country lost the fastest-growing large economy status, trailing China’s growth (6.4%) for the first time in nearly two years. The full-year GDP growth, too, slumped to a five-year low of 6.8% in FY19.

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