India better placed to avoid stagflation risk, says RBI report

Paints an encouraging picture of economic activity gaining strength, with most GDP constituents exceeding their pre-pandemic levels

Even as stagflation risks loom over some of the major global economies, including the US, India is better placed to avoid such a risk, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says in its monthly ‘State of the Economy’ report, released on Thursday.

“In the midst of this increasingly hostile external environment, India is better placed than many other countries in terms of avoiding the risks of a potential stagflation,” the report says.

At least 83 per cent of fund managers surveyed by Bank of America Research this month see the global economy facing the risk of stagflation – the phenomenon