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The investment rate, or the proportion of GFCF in GDP, leaped to 32.4% in the December quarter, up from 31.8% in the same quarter the previous year.
The investment rate, or the proportion of GFCF in GDP, leaped to 32.4% in the December quarter, up from 31.8% in the same quarter the previous year.
"We are now seeing early signs of private capex gaining momentum," says Morgan Stanley.
While India's consumption demand and trade deficit were a dampener, the gross fixed capital formation grew by a solid 11%, a double-digit growth for the first time in five quarter.
This is the highest level of asset creation in the Indian economy since 2009.
A slowing trend in the gross fixed capital formation has wider ramifications on the future productivity of the economy.