India's growth for 2022-23 to be strongest among Asian economies

New Delhi, Aug 11: Over 2022-23, India's growth will be an average of 7 percent, the strongest among the largest economies, contributing 28 per cent and 22 per cent to Asian and global growth, respectively, Morgan Stanley said in a report. India is best positioned within Asia to deliver domestic demand alpha. Its cyclical recovery will be sustained by structural factors. "The recent strong run of data increases our confidence that India is well positioned to deliver domestic demand alpha, which will be particularly important as developed markets' growth weakness percolates into Asia's external demand," Morgan Stanley said. The key change in India's structural story lies in the clear shift in the policy focus towards lifting the productive capacity of the economy. Policymakers have taken up a series of reforms which will catalyse an upswing in the private capex cycle, helping to unleash a powerful productivity dynamic, leading to the onset of a virtuous cycle. Cyclically, the economy is lifting off after a prolonged period of adjustment. The corporate sector has delevered and the balance sheets of the financial sector have also been cleaned up. This backdrop of healthy balance sheets and rising corporate confidence bodes well for the outlook for business investment, the report said. The biggest challenge that was emerging to India's macro outlook was the sharp spike in oil/commodity prices weighing on macro stability. "However, with the 23-37 percent decline in oil/commodity prices since the March-22 peak, we think that macro stability indicators will head back towards the comfort zone. Against this backdrop, we project that the RBI does not need to lift rates deeply into restrictive territory. In other words, the RBI will not need to slow domestic demand growth meaningfully to control the macro stability indicators," the report said. (IANS)