INDIA India Economics GDP growth bounces to % after five quarters of deceleration Gradual growth recovery underway Conclusion: A bounce in GDP growth in QE Sep to % depicts that a gradual 10% Real GDP (mp) YoY% healing of the economy is underway post the disruption caused by 8% ization and implementation of GST. We expect the activity momentum % 6% to sustain in 2HFY18 and GDP growth to improve to ~%YoY from % in % 1HFY18, keeping the full year FY18 growth at %. While there could be 4% downside risks to the growth estimate from possibly lower government spending 2% and uncertainty around capex growth in 2HFY18, if the exit growth rate for QE 0% Mar-18 is around 7%, it will be a reasonable e in our view. We expect RBI to keep policy rates unchanged in the review next week, given the inflation ep-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 S Sep-13 Sep-14 Sep-15 Sep-16 Sep-17 May-13 May-14 May-15 May-16 May-17 trajectory is expected to move higher and today’s data shows some recovery in growth is underway. Note: GDP = Σ GVA at basic prices + Product taxes - Product subsidies Summary of QE Sep GDP and outlook for FY19 Source: CEIC, Macquarie Research, November 2017 Quarterly real GDP (at market prices) grew by % YoY in QE Sep-17 vs. consensus and our expectations of %YoY: pares with %YoY