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India’s Recent Macroeconomic Performance: An Assessment and Way Forward

By Muneesh Kapur, Rakesh Mohan

April 29, 2014

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Muneesh Kapur, and Rakesh Mohan. India’s Recent Macroeconomic Performance: An Assessment and Way Forward, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 26, 2024
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Summary

The macroeconomic policy response in India after the North Atlantic financial crisis (NAFC) was rapid. The overshooting of the stimulus and its gradual withdrawal sowed seeds for inflationary and BoP pressures and growth slowdown, then exacerbated by domestic policy bottlenecks and volatility in international financial markets during mid-2013. Appropriate domestic oil prices and fiscal consolidation will contribute to the recovery of private sector investment. Fiscal consolidation would also facilitate a reduction in inflation, which would moderate gold imports and favorably impact real exchange rate and current account deficit.

Subject: Deposit rates, Exports, Financial services, Government debt management, Imports, Inflation, International trade, Prices, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Balance of payments, Capital Flows, Central bank, Consumer inflation, Current account, Deposit rates, Exchange rate, Exports, Fiscal Policy, Global, Gold, Government debt management, Growth, Headline WPI inflation, Imports, India, Inflation, Inflation expectation, Monetary Policy, Oil Demand, Private sector investment, Savings, Short-term debt, Wholesale price index, WP, WPI inflation

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    66

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2014/068

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2014068

  • ISBN:

    9781484360675

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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