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Economic recovery stronger than expected, need to be watchful of demand sustainability: RBI Guv

Updated : November 26, 2020 06:11 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the country’s economy has recovered stronger than expected from the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is a need to be watchful of demand sustainability after the end of festivities. Speaking at the annual day event of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI), Das said there are downside risks to growth across the world and also in India.

It can be noted that the Indian economy contracted by 23.9 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year, and the RBI expects the economy to shrink by 9.5 percent in FY21. However, there has been recovery after the opening up of the lockdown restrictions, especially during the festive season. After witnessing a sharp contraction in the economy by 23.9 percent in Q1 and a multi-speed normalisation of activity in Q2, the Indian economy has exhibited stronger than expected pick-up in momentum of recovery, Das said.

Even as growth outlook has improved, downside risks to growth continue due to recent surge in infections in parts of Europe and also in parts of India, he said. We need to be watchful about the sustainability of demand after the festivals and a possible reassessment of market expectations surrounding the vaccine, he said.

Das said regulatory reforms have moved the financial markets to the next trajectory amid the pandemic and affirmed RBI’s commitment to ensure an orderly conduct in the markets. He also said that India will continue to approach capital account convertibility as a process, rather than as an event within a broad macroeconomic framework.

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