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Outlook For Indian Economy
19 September 2008
ICRIER Macro Group*
*Rajiv Kumar, Mathew Joseph, Karan Singh, Dony Alex, Debosree Banerjee and Manjeeta Singh
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Growth Forecasts 2008-09
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Index of Leading Economic Indicators (ILD)
• LEIs consist of:– Production of machinery & equipment– Sales of heavy commercial vehicles– Non-food credit– Railway freight traffic– Cement sales– Corporate performance (sales)– Fuel & metal prices– Real interest rate
• Composite quarterly index for 1997-2008– Principal component index approach
• 5-quarter lag between ILD and growth rate
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Projection of Growth Rate through Index of Leading Indicators
•ILD forecasts a growth rate at 7.9 per cent for 2008-09•Growth rate to rise to 8.2 % for 2009-10Q1
Adj R-squared = 0.63t-Value = 3.05
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Trends in Leading Indicators
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Trends in Leading Indicators…
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Trends in Leading Indicators…
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Trends in Leading Indicators…
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Trends in Leading Indicators…
Fuel Inflation
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Trends in Leading Indicators…
Inflation of Basic Metals
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2009-10 Scenario• Pick up seen in Q1 2009-10 but may not be sustained
– Impact of monetary policy tightening yet to work itself out
• In addition, a number of downside risks
Major Policy Rates
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Downside Risks
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1. Downtrends in Growth
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Quarterly GDP Growth Trends
GDP Growth, 1997-8Q1 to 2008-9Q1
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Last 3 quarter growth rates below trend
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Quarterly Growth Rates by Broad Sector
•Weakening industrial growth since Q4 2006-07•Moderation in services growth since Q2 2006-07•Positive but low growth for agriculture
Growth of GDP by Broad Sector, 2001-2Q1 to 2008-9Q1 (Per cent)
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Agriculture Industry Services
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2. Industrial Sector Weakness
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Growth of IIP (1982-2008)
•Previous downturns lasting 3 to 5 years!
•What about this time?
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Growth of Capital Goods and Core Sector Industries
•Sharp fall in capital goods production growth since Q3 2007-8
•Low core sector growth since Q2 2007-8
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3. Monsoon and Agriculture
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Monsoon and Agriculture Growth
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•Agriculture growth closely follows monsoon
•Normal monsoon during the critical weeks this year
•Spatial and temporal distribution not satisfactory
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4. Investment Weakness
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Composition of Quarterly Demand Growth
•Private consumption expenditure steadily growing at 8-9%, but fixed investment growth falling steadily in last 3 quarters
•Government consumption expenditure subject to large swings
Composition of Demand Growth, 2001-2Q1 to 2008-9Q1 (Per cent)
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Gross f ixed capital formation
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5. Global Environment
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Global Integration(Current Account & Capital Account as a % GDP)
•Current account transactions rising from less than 20% of GDP to 50%
•Both current and capital account transactions from less than a third of GDP to over 115%
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World Oil Price and India’s GDP Growth (1974-2008)
Inverse relationship with world oil price
Source: www.nymex.com
Futures Price Average
Oct-08 93.2Nov-08 93.2Dec-08 93.5Jan-09 93.7Feb-08 94.0Mar-09 93.5
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Real Interest Rate Differential with Developed Economies (1999-2008)
Narrowing of the real interest rate differential reversing portfolio capital flows?
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•Indian and world growth clearly correlated
•Less benign external environment
GDP Growth: India & World(3-Year Moving Average)
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29•Trade deficit to deteriorate to nearly 11% of GDP and current account deficit to rise sharply to 4.0% of GDP
•Capital account surplus to shrink substantially and reserve drawdown above $20 billion
Note: Crude oil price at $110 per barrel in 2008-9 against $79 in 2007-8.
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0110424384-Other flows
011578-2408-Other banking capital
15001794321-NRI deposits
250021141767-External assistance
5000176836612-Short-term trade credit
100002216516155-External commercial borrowings
-10000292617062-Portfolio investment
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2.39.45.1% of GDP
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-49577-17403-9766Current account
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835567265753405Invisibles, net
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India's Balance of Payments: Base Scenario
Assumptions: Non- oil exports rise by 18%, non-oil imports by 25%, remittances and software exports rises by 10%
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Forex Reserves & Exchange Rate
•Foreign reserves fell by US$ 21 billion FY09 up to Sep 5 against a rise of US$ 31 billion in the same period FY08
•Rupee depreciated by 12% this FY up to Sep 12, against an appreciation of 8% in the same period last year
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31•Current account deficit to rise to 4.6% of GDP
•Capital account surplus to shrink further and reserve drawdown nearly $45 billion
Note: Crude oil price at $110 per barrel in 2008-9 against $79 in 2007-8.
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5000176836612-Short-term trade credit
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762937265753405Invisibles, net
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India's Balance of Payments: Pessimistic Scenario
Assumptions: Non- oil exports rise by 18%, non-oil imports by 25%, remittances no growth and software exports rises by 7%
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Potential GDP Growth and Output Gap (1997-8 to 2007-8)
Potential output growth: 8.7% in 2007-08
8.4% in 2006-07
8.1% in 2005-06Note: HP filter technique as proposed by Hodrick and Prescott (1997)
Output Gap %
Tightening of monetary policy aimed to narrow output gap
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WPI Inflation Analysis
Inflation in fuel sector much higher than in the other two sectors
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% Inflation Contribution
Two thirds from fuel, raw cotton, oil seeds, iron ore, iron & steel and edible oil
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May-07 1.5 42.7 10.6 7.1 19.5 0.5 4.0 14.0 100Jun-07 -2.4 49.2 11.2 8.9 9.8 0.5 5.5 17.4 100Jul-07 -4.2 42.6 7.7 9.2 20.8 0.3 5.9 17.7 100
Aug-07 -5.9 48.3 6.2 8.5 20.6 0.0 4.0 18.4 100Sep-07 -8.9 54.5 9.5 8.6 11.2 0.1 4.4 20.6 100Oct-07 -6.2 58.0 8.2 10.0 3.7 0.0 5.3 20.9 100
Nov-07 0.5 53.4 8.0 9.5 5.6 0.0 5.6 17.3 100Dec-07 9.0 48.2 7.8 7.5 7.9 0.3 7.0 12.2 100Jan-08 12.1 49.5 7.7 7.0 6.0 0.8 7.4 9.5 100Feb-08 13.1 41.2 8.1 7.1 13.4 2.3 5.7 9.1 100Mar-08 12.8 21.8 29.0 7.3 15.4 1.7 3.9 8.0 100Apr-08 12.3 23.7 35.0 4.9 14.2 1.5 2.5 6.0 100
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Demand Pressure
Demand pressure remain high despite tight monetary policy
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RBI to raise interest rates to reduce credit growth as real PLR has come down?
Level of Interest Rates
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7. Fiscal Situation
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1310311542SEB’s commercial losses net of state subsidy
640147500Bonds for Fertilizer Companies
2.1 (B.E)2.3 (R.E)Fiscal Deficit as in the Budget - States
8.65.8Total Fiscal Deficit (including off-budget items) % of GDP
2.5 (B.E)2.8 (P)Fiscal Deficit as in the Budget- Centre
2.90.7Off Budget Items as % of GDP
8265011953Bonds for Oil Companies
Off Budget Items:
1.1-Addition to Fiscal Deficit as % of GDP
22600-Tax reduction for petroleum products
1765811772Farmer loan waiver
22100-Salary increase and arrears
Not Provided for in the Budget:
Rs. crore
2008-09(E)2007-08
Fiscal Deficit
•Centre’s fiscal deficit to cross 3% (3.6%) of GDP this year
•6.3% if off-budget bonds are added, and 8.6% including states
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Fiscal Deficits and GDP Growth (1981-2 to 2007-8)
•High fiscal deficit may hurt growth in 2008-09
•Conflict with monetary policy
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