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Economy Probably contracted 12 Percent in Q1: Report

MUMBAI: Lockdowns enforced by the countries in April and May to include the next wave of this fatal Covid-19 pandemic has probably resulted in the market contracting 12 percent from the June quarter against 23.9 percent contraction in exactly the identical quarter in 2020, states a broker report.
The market had its worst regeneration on record at FY21 in 7.3 percent since the 2.5 weeks of unplanned lockdown declared by the center with only a four-hour note had resisted the market in the first quarter having a gigantic 23.9 per cent regeneration, which increased to -17.5 percent in the next quarter.
Coronavirus: Live updatesBut the market revealed a sharp cremation comeback in the second half as it published a 40 bps positive expansion and at Q4 cutting 1.6 percent, including the general contraction at 7.3 percent for the year.
This 12 percent point contraction is going to have the economy overlooking a sharp cremation comeback this time round, unlike noticed last year following the federal lockdown was raised, as consumer sentiment remains quite weak now around as individuals are more concerned about the pandemic compared to a year ago, states Swiss broker UBS Securities India.
Quoting in-house statistics in UBS-India activity index, Tanvee Gupta Jain, the economist in the Swiss broker, claims that the index indicates that economic action has contracted an average of 12 percent at the June 2021 quarter against 23.9 percent in June 2020 billion.
That is despite the index rebounded to 88.7 per week to June 13up 3 percent week-on-week after several nations eased localised mobility constraints from the previous week of May.
Although the broker expects a successive pickup in economic activity in June, it considers that the market may get traction just from the next half.
Contrary to the V-shaped retrieval in 2020, we expect the market to get just a slow recovery this moment, as consumer sentiment remains weak on pandemic-related doubts.
Having said that, we anticipate economic recovery to gain momentum out of H2 because we view vaccination ramp up along with the consequent charge of the stunt lifting consumer and company assurance from them,” she explained.
The lockdown at the next wave lasted for slightly over a month against 2.5 weeks in the very first wave and industrial/construction actions were permitted in a restricted scale that moment.
We expect just a sequential pickup in economic activity in June rather than a V-shaped retrieval like in 2020, she included.
Significantly, there’s positive momentum over the floor in the vaccination front that has increased to 3.2 million doses per day per week to June 13 by 2.5 million due to end-May.

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