India : Recent Economic Developments.
This paper reviews economic developments in India during 1996-98. After three successive years of growth more than 7 percent, growth of slowed to an estimated 5 percent in 1997/98. The slowdown predates the Asian crisis, and its proximate causes are a decline in agricultural output and weak industri...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1998.
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| Series: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 1998/120 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | This paper reviews economic developments in India during 1996-98. After three successive years of growth more than 7 percent, growth of slowed to an estimated 5 percent in 1997/98. The slowdown predates the Asian crisis, and its proximate causes are a decline in agricultural output and weak industrial sales. Weaker investment appears to be a major factor behind the industrial slowdown. The balance of payments continued to improve in 1997/98, despite a widening in the current account deficit to 1 1\2 percent of GDP. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (97 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1934-7685 |
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