Slow economic growth most worrisome factor: RBI Governor

28 Jun 2013 Evaluate

Concerned over the prevailing economic downturn, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D Subbarao has said that slowdown in growth is the most worrisome factor and volatile capital flows have made the country vulnerable to face economic challenges. The RBI governor further stated that service and industry sector are growing below the trend and the perception of difficulties in doing business in India still persist, which is inhibiting investments in the country. Indian economic growth slowed down to decade low of 5 per cent in FY13. 

Referring to the current fiscal growth, the governor said that central bank is expects that economy’s growth will improve to 5.7 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of recent measures taken to ease the supply bottlenecks.  On the current account deficit (CAD), which had widened to a record high of 4.8 percent in the FY13, Subbarao said that short-term efforts are directed at financing the CAD and in the last quarter a massive improvement was seen in CAD, which contracted to 3.6 percent of GDP from 6.7 percent of GDP recorded in the third quarter of previous fiscal.

The RBI in its recently released report on the ‘Financial Stability’ noted that the macroeconomic risks to the economy have increased over the past six months, mainly on the dimensions of domestic growth, external sector and corporate sector performance. The report mentioned high CAD a key concern on the external front and a stress point for the economy as evident from the recent rupee depreciation on global cues. However, it noted that improvement in the quality of fiscal consolidation will be crucial for ensuring sustainable high growth and macroeconomic stability.

    

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