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Business sentiment at 3-year low: Survey

NEW DELHI: India’s slowing economic growth, water shortage and regulatory hurdles have taken its business sentiment in June to the lowest level since 2016, a survey by market research firm IHS Markit showed today.

Business sentiment at 3-year low: Survey

India’s slowing economic growth, water shortage and regulatory hurdles have taken its business sentiment in June to the lowest level since 2016, a survey by market research firm IHS Markit showed today.



New Delhi, July 15

India’s slowing economic growth, water shortage and regulatory hurdles have taken its business sentiment in June to the lowest level since 2016, a survey by market research firm IHS Markit showed today.

The aggregate of private-sector companies forecasting output growth during this year fell to +15% in June from +18% in February. The level was earlier hit three years ago — its lowest since data became available in 2009, according to the report here.

Hopes of pro-business government policies and a better financial flow continue to underpin optimism towards output and profitability growth in the year ahead, said principal economist Pollyanna De Lima said.

Capital investment confidence in India is among the weakest of all countries for which comparable data are available, ahead of only China and the UK, while optimism regarding research and development is below the average for emerging markets, she said.

India expects its economy to grow 7% this year, after growth slowed to a five- year low of 6.8% in the last fiscal year. The country is also staring at a deficit monsoon this year, raising concerns over the output of summer-sown crops in a nation where 55% of arable land is rain-fed.

The survey also found companies were concerned about potential depreciation in the rupee pushing prices for imported materials higher, lack of skilled labour, likely tax hikes, financial difficulties and customers increasingly demanding discounts. — Reuters

Companies peg lower output growth

  • The aggregate of private-sector companies forecasting output growth during this year fell to +15% in June from +18% in February. The level was earlier seen three years earlier
  • Capital investment confidence in India is among the weakest of all countries for which comparable data are available, ahead of only China and the UK

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