According to official data, India's GDP growth rate slipped to 6.1% in the January-March quarter and 7.1% during 2016-17.
New Delhi: India's GDP or gross domestic product growth is expected to remain flat at 7.1 per cent in current fiscal year as investment is still weak and government spending might not be as high given the fiscal consolidation, according to a report by HSBC. The growth momentum is slowing since the middle of 2016 and this trend is expected to continue going forward, global financial services major HSBC said. "Looking ahead, our below-consensus view is that growth will remain flat at 7.1 per cent in 2017-18," HSBC chief India economist Pranjul Bhandari said in a research note.
According to official data, India's growth rate slipped to 6.1 per cent in the January-March quarter and 7.1 per cent during 2016-17.
The slowing momentum in GDP growth rate is expected to continue as investment is still weak, while government spending may not remain as high given the fiscal consolidation path and the rise in exports over the last few months are showing some signs of moderation.
Notwithstanding the fact that rural growth could come in high if rains are strong, but that would just about offset the weakness from other sectors, it added.
Regarding price rise, HSBC noted that a negative output gap is expected to keep inflation at low levels and the Reserve Bank of India is likely to acknowledge this in the upcoming policy review meeting.
"We expect the RBI to acknowledge in the upcoming June 7 meeting that inflation has trended lower than expected. We expect the RBI to keep rates on hold over the foreseeable future," HSBC added.
The central bank in its monetary policy review meet on April 6 kept the repurchase or repo rate - the rate at which it lends to banks - unchanged at 6.25 per cent, but increased reverse repo rate to 6 per cent from 5.75 per cent.
New Delhi: India's GDP or gross domestic product growth is expected to remain flat at 7.1 per cent in current fiscal year as investment is still weak and government spending might not be as high given the fiscal consolidation, according to a report by HSBC. The growth momentum is slowing since the middle of 2016 and this trend is expected to continue going forward, global financial services major HSBC said. "Looking ahead, our below-consensus view is that growth will remain flat at 7.1 per cent in 2017-18," HSBC chief India economist Pranjul Bhandari said in a research note.
According to official data, India's growth rate slipped to 6.1 per cent in the January-March quarter and 7.1 per cent during 2016-17.
The slowing momentum in GDP growth rate is expected to continue as investment is still weak, while government spending may not remain as high given the fiscal consolidation path and the rise in exports over the last few months are showing some signs of moderation.
Notwithstanding the fact that rural growth could come in high if rains are strong, but that would just about offset the weakness from other sectors, it added.
Regarding price rise, HSBC noted that a negative output gap is expected to keep inflation at low levels and the Reserve Bank of India is likely to acknowledge this in the upcoming policy review meeting.
"We expect the RBI to acknowledge in the upcoming June 7 meeting that inflation has trended lower than expected. We expect the RBI to keep rates on hold over the foreseeable future," HSBC added.
The central bank in its monetary policy review meet on April 6 kept the repurchase or repo rate - the rate at which it lends to banks - unchanged at 6.25 per cent, but increased reverse repo rate to 6 per cent from 5.75 per cent.