Moody’s slashes India growth forecast to 0.2 pc for 2020

NEW DELHI: Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday slashed India growth forecast for calendar year 2020 to 0.2 per cent, from 2.5 per cent projected in March.

For 2021, Moody’s expects India’s growth to rebound to 6.2 per cent.

In its report titled – Global Macro Outlook 2020-21 (April 2020 update), Moody’s has lowered G-20 advanced economies as a group to contract by 5.8 per cent in 2020.

Moody’s said the economic costs of coronavirus crisis amid the near shutdown of the global economy are accumulating rapidly. (AGENCIES)