Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Finance Minister Said On India Will Satisfactory - Nov 19, 2008

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Nov 18 that India will record satisfactory growth this fiscal and growth will rebound next year. The government will continue to balance the growth and inflation but the bias now is towards stimulating growth. Speaking at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, Chidambaram said that the global recession threatens to be longer than earlier estimated and India is facing spill out effects of global recession. He added that there is no risk of recession in India though he admitted that a decline in world output would affect India''s exports.

The government will take steps to motivate the domestic economy, Chidambaram said. It would be ''good'' if interest rates trend down, he added. The finance minister also expressed hope that the direction of FII flows could reverse next month.

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