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Cyclical or structural? Decoding the nature of India's economic slowdown

A slowdown in consumption demand, decline in manufacturing, inability of the IBC to resolve cases in a time-bound manner and rising global trade tension is impacting India, analysts say

Nikita Vashisht New Delhi
Cyclical or structural? Decoding the nature of India's economic slowdown
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India’s real or inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 5 per cent in the June 2019 quarter of financial year 2019-20 (Q1FY20), the slowest growth in six years (25 quarters). In nominal terms, the growth stood at 7.99 per cent, lowest since December 2002.
With this, fears of the slowdown being a more structural one than a cyclical one have surfaced.

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First Published: Sep 03 2019 | 9:11 AM IST

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