Goldman Sachs has lowered India's growth forecast for the current financial year to 4 per cent from 6 per cent earlier and is expecting the Indian rupee to touch 72 against the US dollar in next 6 months.
According to the global brokerage firm, India and most of the Southeast Asian countries are likely to see "difficult external funding conditions" as markets are anticipating US Fed tapering and eventual exit from unconventional monetary policies. Nomura cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 4.2 pct for FY'14
"For India, we have cut our FY'14 GDP growth forecast to 4.0 per cent, from 6.0 per cent earlier, and our FY'15 forecast to 5.4 per cent, from 6.8 per cent previously," Goldman Sachs said in a research note. More pain for India as GDP growth forecast slashed to 4 pct from 5.5 pct by HSBC
In the near term, Goldman Sachs sees risks as the economy is likely to need an adjustment in the current account and fiscal balances, and says it "may require below-potential growth for several more quarters to reduce inflation, before we can see an economic recovery".
The report further added that not only has data come in worse-than-expected in Q2 2013, the external funding pressure since early May was the major driving factor behind the GDP downgrade.
According to official figures, the country's economic growth in the April-June quarter slid to 4.4 per cent, the lowest in past several years, pulled down by drop in mining and manufacturing output.
Goldman Sachs has lowered its growth forecasts for India followed by Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, it said.
Meanwhile, the global broking major has also lowered its rupee forecast, and sees further real depreciation over 3 to 6 months given the challenging external funding environment and the slowdown in GDP growth.
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