Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53605 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 164
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
India's financial sector is not deeply integrated with the global financial system, which spared it the first round adverse effects of the global financial crisis and left Indian banks mostly unaffected. However, as the financial crisis morphed in to a full-blown global economic downturn, India could not escape the second round effects. The global crisis has affected India through three distinct channels: financial markets, trade flows, and exchange rates. The reversal in capital inflows, which created a credit crunch in domestic markets along with a severe deterioration in export demand, contributed to the decline of gross domestic product by more than 2 percentage points in the fiscal year 2008-2009. In line with efforts taken by governments and central banks all over the world, the Government and the Reserve Bank of India took aggressive countercyclical measures, sharply relaxing monetary policy and introducing a fiscal stimulus to boost domestic demand. However, this paper argues that with very limited fiscal maneuverability and the limited traction of monetary policy, policy measures to restore the Indian gross domestic product growth back to its potential rate of 8-9% must focus on addressing the structural constraints that are holding down private investment demand.
JEL: 
G01
E66
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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