AEIR 2018

GDP growth slowed from 6.8% in FY2017 to 6.2% year-on-year during the transitional fiscal year (TFY) 2018—from 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2018—due to weaker domestic demand and slower investments. Domestic investment was sluggish, due to slower disbursement of government expenditure, weaker investor sentiment, and a decline in FDI approvals. The current account deficit fell by more than half, from the equivalent of 4.7% of GDP in FY2017 to 2.0% in TFY2018. Growth is forecast to rise to 6.6% in FY2019 (the full year ending 30 September 2019) and 6.8% in FY2020. A weakening external environment may hurt export prospects, but domestic and foreign investment should improve in response to the opening up of FDI in retail and wholesale trade, and insurance.
Source: Asian Development Outlook 2019, ADB.
Latest Month-Ago Year-Ago
Broad Money Growth 1 15.9 (Feb19)15.9 16.1
Headline Inflation Rate 2 9.5 (Jun19)9.6 6.5
Merchandise Export Growth 2 5.2 (Apr19)5.2 -2.8
1 %.
2 y-o-y, %.
Source: CEIC database.

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