Indian business climate improves in June: BluFin

05 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Indian business climate improved in June on the back of rising output of intermediate goods and cooling commodity prices globally. The 'BluFin Business Cycle Indicator (BCI)', which reflects various macroeconomic trends on a monthly basis, stood at 167.1 points in June, 5.6 percent higher compared to the same month of previous year, suggesting that Indian economy is growing at a faster rate than the previous year. The BCI index is based on components in four broad categories including foreign trade, capital market, policy and the real economy. 

As per the financial services provider BluFin’s report the intermediate sector continues to be a major contributor to BCI growth. It said that high production of aluminium, pig iron and copper and data on consumer demand indicate an economic expansion. Further, declining international commodity prices like copper, aluminium and gold have boosted the economy's growth, despite the major fall in rupee value, which has eroded a large part of the benefit.

Indicating a reversal in the economic slowdown since July 2012, BluFin expects that Indian economy would grow at 5.3% in the first quarter of financial year 2013-14.However, in past, the BCI has grown by an average of 7 percent year-on-year.

Earlier, the BluFin has reported that Indian consumers' confidence level rose in June on the back of easing inflation but concerns remained over job security. BluFin's Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) rose to 41.9 points in June, an uptick of 0.5 points over the previous month.

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