GDP growth to moderate to 6.8pc in FY25 due to high interest rate, fiscal consolidation: Crisil

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Mumbai, Mar 6 (PTI) Indias real GDP growth will moderate to 6.8 per cent in FY2025 from the 7.6 per cent expected in the ongoing fiscal, Crisil Ratings said on Wednesday...

Higher interest rates and demand being tempered by lower fiscal impulse will lead to the moderation of growth, the leading domestic ratings agency said...

The RBI will have to first shift the stance of the monetary policy to neutral from the current withdrawal of accommodation before cutting the rates, Joshi said, adding that it may look at shifting stance and cutting rates in the same policy review as well.. Inflation has been softening and the trend will continue even in FY25 on the back of healthier agriculture output that tames food inflation, and benign oil and commodity prices, the agency said...

The rating agency feels the growth momentum will continue through this decade on significant private investments in emerging sectors, continuing government spending on infrastructure, ongoing reforms push, and efficiency gains from increasing digitalisation and physical connectivity...

The next seven fiscals will see the Indian economy cross the USD 5 trillion mark and close in on USD 7 trillion at an estimated 6.7 per cent average annual growth, the agencys managing director and chief executive Amish Mehta said...

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