RBI study: Omicron may be a flash flood, not a wave – Times of India

Mumbai: The State of the Economy’ report published by reserve Bank of India said that the trajectory of the new covid The edition in South Africa raised expectations that omicron There will be more to a flash flood than a wave.
The report said that while India faced a sharp rise in infections due to Omicron, aggregate demand conditions remain resilient amid a surge in consumer and business confidence and bank credit. It also pointed out that manufacturing and several categories remain in expansion mode.
“Data from the UK and South Africa shows that such infections are 66-80% less severe, require less hospitalization. This has brightened the near-term prospects and financial markets reflects this optimism,” the report said. The ‘State of the Economy’ report is written by RBI staff and published in the central bank’s monthly bulletin.
In contrast, the global outlook remains clouded with considerable uncertainty. “Inflation continues to rise amid disruptions in production, supply chain and transport. As a result, the divergence between monetary policy stances across jurisdictions has widened,” the report said. Despite inflationary pressures, it made a case for policies favoring growth. “There are indications that supply chain disruptions and shipping costs are gradually reducing, though decreasing inflation May take longer. It provides an opportunity to focus all energies on accelerating and broadening global recovery.”
The bulletin includes a study on consumer confidence. According to this, despite the low perception of the current situation, the expectations of the respondents for the coming year showed confidence in the economic recovery after the easing of the pandemic. This is despite the pandemic in India severely impacting consumer confidence, which has hit a historic low side effects of covid open. “The feelings of families were affected by the prevalence of infection and death. Consumers’ sentiments had lasting effects on their financial situations as well as on general economic status – with the latter being driven by the former,” the study said. Having said. ,
Consumers in cities hardest hit by the pandemic expressed more negative sentiments than respondents in other cities.
Another report in the RBI Bulletin called for a second green revolution with next generation reforms to make agriculture more climate-resistant and environmentally sustainable. It said that while the agriculture sector has been resilient during the pandemic, there are new emerging challenges, including climate change.

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