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RBI CREDIT AND MONETARY POLICIES (1999-2010) click here
Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments in 2009-10
-Released on April 19, 2010
External Economy
India’s external sector position improved alongside the recovery in the global economy. After declining for 12 consecutive months, exports recovered in October 2009. Similarly, imports recovered in November 2009 following a phase of decline.
Despite a lower trade deficit, the current account deficit widened during April–December 2009, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. This is attributable to a fall in invisibles, particularly on account of business services.
During 2009-10, foreign exchange reserves increased by US$ 27.1 billion, comprising mainly of increase in gold holdings (US$ 8.4 billion), SDRs (US$ 5.0 billion) and foreign currency assets (US$ 13.3 billion). The bulk of the increase in foreign currency assets was on account of valuation.
Net capital inflows can be expected to increase further during the current year reflecting the prospects of higher growth and larger interest rate differentials between India and the advanced economies. Like other EMEs, however, higher capital inflows could influence asset prices, domestic liquidity conditions and the exchange rate. This will have implications for monetary management.
Monetary Conditions
Reflecting the stronger recovery in economic activities, growth in broad money (M3) and flow of credit to the private sector exceeded the Reserve Bank’s indicative projections for 2009-10.
While the increase in CRR effected by the Reserve Bank in its Third Quarter Policy Review of January 2010 led to some moderation in excess liquidity, overall liquidity conditions remain comfortable as reflected in the daily reverse repo operations.
The banking system’s credit to the government was the prime driver of monetary expansion during the year. The flow of resources to commercial sector distinctly improved from both bank as well as non-bank sources.
Going forward, the demand for money may increase with acceleration in recovery and the elevated level of inflation.
Financial Markets
With market activity returning to the pre-global crisis level, volatility in the domestic financial markets was much lower during 2009-10 than in the year before, when the crisis erupted.
Despite considerable stability and the commencement of exit, markets faced concerns emerging from large government borrowings and the increase in inflation. This affected yields in the government bond market.
The transmission of lower policy rates to the credit markets improved, albeit, slowly.
Asset prices increased at a relatively faster pace in the recent months, reflecting optimism about the economy’s prospects as well as easy liquidity conditions.
With the revival of capital inflows, nominal exchange rate appreciated. Given higher domestic inflation, the appreciation in real terms was even higher.
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