Post #Stimulus of Rs 30 lakh Cr last year,akin to 15% of GDP, Finance Minister announced slew of measures to ease stress on #Covid affected sectors,including Loan Guarantee Scheme of Rs 1.1 lakh Cr
Besides provision of 2.3 lakh Cr for #Health sector in Union Budget 2021-22,Rs 35000Cr towards spend on #Covid,#NirmalaSitharaman again announced Rs50000Cr for Health Sector&Rs60000Cr for other sectors,with interest rate capped at 8.25%,which bodes well
Of Rs 18170 Cr worth of assets attached,Rs 9371Cr will be transferred to PSBs
This is a huge achievement,thx to Fugitive Economic Offenders Act,brought in by @narendramodi that gives banks power to monetise assets of fugitives,who fled India
.@INCIndia used to evergreen bad loans which means,once a loan came up for repayment,terms of repayment were changed repeatedly, due to which repayment kept getting postponed
Zombies are firms with interest coverage ratio of less than one;it is ratio of a firm’s profit after tax to its total interest expense;Such firms cannot meet interest obligations from their income
So #FOMC decides to keep rates unchanged at 0%-0.25%
Interest on excess reserves raised by 5bps from 0.10% to 0.15%
Inflation forecast raised by 100bps from 2.4% to 3.4%,though #Fed says long term goal is 2%
No #RateHike before 2023,says Powell;In March,he said,not before 2024
So called overnight #Repo operations where banks exchange high-end collateral for reserves,have been seeing record demand lately,as institutions look for any yield above the negative rates they are seeing in some markets
No plans to stop $120bn of monthly Bond purchases by #Fed
In separate matter,#FOMC announced,it would extend dollar-swap lines with global central banks through end of the yr
Currency program is the last #Covid-era initiative,Fed took to keep global markets flowing
Basically,Fed decides to stay with liquidity glut&easy money policy
Globally #Inflation is rising because of co-ordinated fiscal stimulus,that has led to asset prices,zooming;For instance,annualized inflation in USA is 9.7%;2yrs back,US was in throes of #Disinflation
$6 trillion stimulus by #Biden has led to too much money chasing too few goods
For those wanting to know why the difference in #WPI&CPI,figures well,weights of items in CPI are based on average household expenditure,taken from consumer expenditure surveys
Weightage of Primary articles in #CPI is 55%+,with Food group alone having weight of 39.06% #Inflation
Global Food Index in May is up 39.7% YoY,due to drought in many parts of the globe
#GlobalFoodIndex is measured by #FAO Food Price Index,#FFPI,which is a measure of monthly changes in international prices of a basket of #food commodities;It consists of average of five commodity group price indices,weighted by average export shares of each group over 2014-2016
.@INCIndia trolls elated at minus 7.3% GDP growth in FY21,forgetting this was a #Pandemic year,in fact the worst pandemic in 102yrs
Good News in 4Q👇
GDP growth was 1.6% despite consensus of minus 1.4%
GVA growth was 3.7% Vs consensus of 2.6%
Industrial growth was solid 6.9%
In fact,both in Q3&Q4FY21,India reported positive GDP&GVA growth
Industrial growth also was +ve for 2 qtrs in a row at 1.7%&6.9%
Agricultural growth has been a positive 3%+ in every single qtr,in last 4 qtrs
Construction growth has been a massive 6.5%&14.5% in Q3&Q4 #Economy
Some channels conveniently showing how WPI under @narendramodi govt has risen sharply,to 10.49% in April 2021
It is not #WPI but #CPI that matters& #RetailInflation measured by CPI was just 4.2% in April,with food inflation at 2.02%&Vegetable Inflation at minus 14.18% #Economy
#AatmaNirbharBharat is not just about Vocal for Local,but creating ecosystem that welcomes global investors&while in 1991,India had to pledge 47 tonnes of Gold,to raise $400mn,under @narendramodi govt,our #ForexReserves are $590bn,3rd highest globally
The Modi Govt ’s most important work has been in domain of women empowerment--From banning commercial surrogacy,to amending Medical Terminal of Pregnancy Act,to Menstrual protocol, strengthening POCSO&banning instant #TripleTalaq💪
Farmer welfare is top priority for The Modi Govt;From sowing to selling& insurance,#FarmLaws give Farmers freedom to sell at price they wish to&at place of their choosing
Over Rs 1.35 lakh Cr credited directly to bank accounts of Farmers via #PMKisan