The U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike has its spill over effect on India. Analyse. (200 words)
Refer - The Hindu
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KEY POINTS
· The U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its steepest interest rate increase in more than 27 years as it fights to rein in runaway inflation.
· Fed recognised the ‘hardship high inflation was causing’ and had the resolve to restore price stability with singular focus.
· Even as it realises that it has very little control over supply side factors, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and COVID-related lockdowns in China, the U.S. central bank said it was determined to continue raising interest rates till it saw ‘compelling evidence’ that inflation was slowing towards its 2% goal.
· It is also a scenario mirrored earlier this month in forecasts by almost 70% of academic economists, polled by the Financial Times and the University of Chicago, who foresee the U.S. economy shrinking in 2023.
· The Fed recognises that the tighter financial conditions have tempered demand, even as it posits that real GDP growth has rebounded on strong consumption spending.
· Central bankers now see the U.S. economy expanding by 1.7% both in 2022 and 2023, slower than the March forecasts of 2.8% and 2.2%, respectively.
· For India, the Fed’s actions are likely to result in an acceleration in the recent exodus of foreign portfolio investments, spur more gains for the dollar against the rupee thus widening the trade deficit.
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