An extended pause on policy rates is expected going ahead unless India's economic growth materially undershoots the projections, rating agency ICRA has asserted in a report, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in an unprecedented move reduced repo rate when both GDP and inflation are congenia
Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal 2025-26, about a half percentage point higher than previously estimated, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said Friday, announcing the decisions of Monetary Policy Committee.
Soaring demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting both exports and investment, prompting the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on Friday to sharply revise up Taiwan's 2025 economic growth forecast to 7.37 per cent.
In the Economic Survey for 2024-25, tabled in Parliament on January 31, the real GDP growth for 2025-26 was projected to be between 6.3 and 6.8 per cent, a projection that has not been revised since then.
The domestic GDP growth in the first half of the current financial year, FY26, is expected to come in at 7.6 per cent, higher than the 6.1 per cent recorded during the same period last year, as highlighted in a report by ICICI.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should move away from its recent neutral policy stance and deliver an additional 50 basis points of rate cuts over the next 12 months, according to a report by Amundi, a French asset management company.
The report forecasts real GDP growth of 6.8 per cent in FY26 and 6.5 per cent in FY27-28, driven primarily by an uptrend in household consumption, improving urban sentiment, and a broadening investment cycle.
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), V Anantha Nageswaran, on Friday said that India's economic growth is expected to be "north of six and a half," adding that he is "more comfortable saying, even north of 6.8 per cent."
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to maintain the policy rate unchanged in the current Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, with a rate cut of 25 basis points (bps) being seen as a positive surprise, according to Bank of Baroda Economist Sonal Badhan.
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has slashed India's GDP projections for 2025-26 to 6.3 per cent, a 30 basis points lower than its earlier forecast of 6.6 per cent in December 2024.