Worsening global situation to have consequences on India’s growth: ADB

01 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned the emerging economies like India and China that the worsening global financial situation can have severe consequences on these countries’ economic growth. ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said 'this global slump (in US, Euro area and Japan) will have a serious slump on the region's major economies, particularly on India and China'. The ADB chief said that despite the signs of stabilization, downside risks to growth remain in Asia as the recovery in the United States, Euro area and Japan remains elusive.

Referring to India, Kuroda appreciated the recent policy initiatives undertaken by the government and said that ADB has maintained its growth projection for the current fiscal at 5.4% and for 2013-14 at 6.5%. While, by adding further Kuroda said that despite India’s positive policy measures there is no clear evidence of growth recovery in India. Among many factors, the delay in implementing the necessary reforms has hampered India's competitiveness but we expect that recent government reforms will help steer the economy back to a strong growth, he added.

On the global economic slowdown, Kuroda said that the US is still struggling to deal with the problem of fiscal cliff and the inability to Euro area countries to tide over the fiscal problems could undermine the recovery prospects in the coming months. As per latest data, the US economy, after a gap of over three years, contracted by 0.1% for the quarter ending December 2012.

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