India’s inflation and fiscal metrics remain weaker than peers: Moody’s

05 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Global rating agency Moody's has said that India's inflation and fiscal metrics remain weaker than its peer countries. Further, the rating agency said that a higher subsidy burden and lower growth will weaken the country's fiscal metrics, however, it added that the country's current reserves can finance the current account and external debt payment needs.

In January, Moody’s had reaffirmed ‘Baa3’ (which is equivalent to BBB minus) sovereign credit rating for India that indicates investment grade but with a stable outlook. The rating agency had already raised concerns over the impact of the subsidy outgo for the Food Security Bill and had said that the bill with an annual $20 billion budget will widen the country’s fiscal deficit. Meanwhile, the government has set the target to contain the country’s fiscal deficit at 4.8 percent of GDP in FY14.

Moody’s had also highlighted inadequate infrastructure a constraint for India's sovereign rating adding that inefficient infrastructure have been impacting India’s growth potential as well as the competitiveness of its export and import-competing sectors, contributing to high current account deficits (CAD). 

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