S&P Global cuts India’s growth to 6.6% due to energy stress, sub-par monsoon
S&P Global Ratings cut India's GDP growth to 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal year, driven by energy stress, a sub-par monsoon and slowing global growth.
S&P Global Ratings cut India's GDP growth to 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal year, driven by energy stress, a sub-par monsoon and slowing global growth.
S&P Global Ratings revised down its estimate for India's economic growth in the next two financial years as high interest rate and lower fiscal impulse temper urban demand.
S&P Global Ratings maintained India's growth forecast at 6.8 per cent while noting that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may cut interest rates in October.
India's exports to Bangladesh dipped to $11 billion in 2023-24 from $12.21 billion in 2022-23. Imports too declined to $1.84 billion in the last fiscal, from $2 billion in 2022-23.
S&P Global Ratings retained India's GDP growth forecast for the Financial Year 2023-24 at 6.8 per cent and said high interest rates and lower fiscal spur would temper demand.
Standard and Poor's (S&P) joins a chorus of international agencies that have made a similar cut in growth estimates in recent days.
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