- India: FY22 growth estimate cut by 80 bps on Omicron-fuelled third covid wave – Citibank
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10 January 2022
India: FY22 growth estimate cut by 80 bps on Omicron-fuelled third covid wave – Citibank
The Omicron-fuelled third COVID-19 wave in India prompted Citigroup to revise down the country’s FY22 growth forecast by 80 basis points
(bps) to 9%, Chief India Economist Samiran Chakraborty noted.
Key quotes
“While the economic impact of the Omicron wave in 4QFY22 (Jan-March) could be lower than previous waves, the activity momentum in 3QFY22 was much lower than our expectation.”
“Downgrades its real GDP growth forecast for FY23 to 8.3% against 8.7% earlier.”
‘Still, lower hospitalization rates, shorter Covid wave cycle period, higher vaccination coverage and weakening link between Covid and activities give enough reasons to be hopeful of a less-disruptive Covid wave.”
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