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Fiscal stimulus increasingly likely

A ramping up of anti-government protests and advanced estimates showing GDP growth dropped to its weakest rate since the global financial crisis in FY19/20 increases the pressure on the finance ministry to deliver additional fiscal stimulus in next month’s union budget. That would provide a small boost to growth over the coming quarters, at the cost of putting upward pressure on bond yields.

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