IMF Staff Country Reports

India: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation

March 10, 2005

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International Monetary Fund. "India: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 086 (2005), accessed 12/28/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451977578.002

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Summary

This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that India is on track for another year of robust growth in 2004/05. Supported by a strong monsoon, growth rebounded to 8½ percent in 2003/04, the highest level in more than a decade. In 2005, firms appear to have embarked on a new investment cycle, underpinned by strong credit growth. Inflation has been running higher, driven largely by supply-side factors. The balance of payments position remains comfortable notwithstanding the higher oil prices.

Subject: External debt, Inflation, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, central government deficit, CR, deficit, Inflation, ISCR, merchandise import, Oil prices, second quarter growth, staff appraisal, WPI inflation