More policy tightening required in India

Today’s price data from India show that both headline and core inflation rose further in June. What’s more, we expect the headline rate to reach double-digit levels in the third quarter. While growth appears to have slowed, there is little reason to believe that India will suffer a hard landing. The upshot is that we still expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike its repo rate later this month.

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