The unexpected strength of April industrial output adds to the evidence that India’s slowdown has passed its worst point. GDP growth should accelerate during the rest of 2009. Weak inflation pressures mean that policy rates could still fall further but it is more likely that Reserve Bank rates have bottomed. We now expect that the next RBI move will be to raise rates, either in Q4 2009 or in early 2010.
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