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Outlook And Projections

Global Outlook
 IMF revised growth projection for global economy
 Inflation in advanced countries due to high unemployment, low capacity utilization and
uncertainties about financial sector
 Increasing uncertainty about global recovery

Domestic Outlook
 Growth prospects improved because of better monsoon
 Growth in exports in Oct 2009 despite Euro debt problem
 Recovery reflected in sales & profitability growth of corporate sector
 Global recovery slowdown affect all EMEs
 Baseline projection of real GDP growth revised for 2010-11 to 8.5% because of better
industrial production
 RBI projection is consistent and IMF projection in line with others
Inflation

 WPI inflation moved to double figures in Feb 2010

 Reserve Bank had placed the baseline projection for WPI inflation
at 5.5 % in 2011.

 Increase in prices of many administered/regulated items such as


petroleum products, iron ore and electricity.

 Deregulation in admin prices of petroleum products good for long


term but inflationary impact in short term.

 Minimum support prices for agricultural products increased


Contd..

Food price inflation has remained at an elevated level


reflecting structural bottlenecks in certain commodities
such as pulses, milk and vegetables.
Outlook of Inflation (Factors)
 Distribution of rainfall in the remaining period of
Monsoon.
 Global energy and commodity prices have been showing
distinct signs of softening over the past few weeks as
expectations on global growth has moderated.
 Domestic growth outlook. If it keeps improving, it could
lead to further demand-side pressures on inflation.
Contd..

Idle global capacity will allow competitive imports

The baseline projection for WPI inflation for March 2011


has been raised to 6.0 per cent from 5.5 per cent
Contd..

• RBI’s objective to achieve price stability.


• Average inflation rate, in the last decade in terms of
WPI and CPI, moderated to around 5 per cent from
the historical trend rate of about 7.5 per cent.
• Factors in the transformation.
Monetary policy
• Aim of monetary policy to keep inflation at 4-4.5% in
line with medium term objective of 3% inflation
Risk Factors
 Capital inflows
 Faltering of Global Recovering

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