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Nikhil Gupta

MOSL: ECOSCOPE-What can stop the RBI from cutting rates further now?-Inflation eased to record-low in April 2017

​ECOSCOPE: What can stop the RBI from cutting rates further now?; Inflation eased to record-low in April 2017

  • In contrast to market consensus (and our expectation) of 3.3%, CPI inflation eased sharply from 3.9% YoY in March 2017 to 3% last month, marking the lowest level since the new series began in 2012.
  • Although IIP (with new base) grew decently in March 2017, a sharper-than-expected fall in CPI provides sufficient room for further rate cuts. With CPI expected to remain below 4% in 1HFY18, we believe the RBI will find it difficult to resist rate cuts. We would not be surprised if the rate cut happens as early as June 2017.
  • More importantly, the fall in inflation was broad-based. CPI excluding vegetables also fell to the lowest level since 2012, while core inflation eased from 5% in March to 4.4% in April.
  • The IIP series was presented with a new base of 2011-12 (updated from 2004-05), based on which industrial activity grew 2.7% YoY in March from 1.9% in the previous month.

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Nikhil Gupta

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