India's economy likely to contract by 9% in current year: ADB

15 Sep 2020 Evaluate

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its latest report has predicted that India's economy is likely to contract by 9 per cent this year -- worse than the 4 per cent contraction it had forecast three months ago. However, ADB expects India to bounce back with 8 per cent growth next year as the country begins to emerge from the economic devastation caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

For developing Asia, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Update forecasts minus 0.7 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year -- marking its first negative economic growth since the early 1960s.

The report further noted that growth will rally to 6.8 per cent in 2021, in part because growth will be measured relative to a weak 2020. This will still leave next year's output below pre-COVID-19 projections, suggesting an L-shaped rather than a V-shaped recovery. About three-quarters of the region's economies are expected to post negative growth in 2020.

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