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Slower annual economic growth will be good for India, for now: Economists

India's annual economic growth is forecast to slow to about 6% for a few years, according to economists from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc.. And they say that's not such a bad thing

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Anup Roy | Bloomberg
India’s annual economic growth is forecast to slow to about 6% for a few years, according to economists including from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc.. And they say that’s not such a bad thing.
 
Gross domestic product expansion at about 6% is a sweet spot for Asia’s third-largest economy to steer inflation back to the Reserve Bank of India’s target, and also to narrow budget and current account deficits, said Rahul Bajoria of Barclays. Price gains have stayed above RBI’s 2%-6% target since the start of 2022, and the central bank seeks to cool it to 4% by