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Oil price surge to dent but not derail recovery

We are reducing our GDP growth forecast for 2022 by 0.8%-pts on account of the surge in oil prices and the resulting hit to investment in particular. We now think the economy will grow by 9.2% this year. That still leaves us above consensus expectations and, on balance, we think that the RBI will still proceed with policy normalisation over the coming months.

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