An essay on the ‘State of the Economy’ in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) February 2022 bulletin begins by saying this: “Domestic macroeconomic conditions are striking a path that is diverging from global developments.” Perhaps, but the possible outcomes of the geopolitical crisis that began when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 could challenge that assessment.
That’s not all. On March 8, US President Joe Biden raised the ante in this war by announcing a ban on the import of Russian energy products. While the US itself is not very dependent on Russian oil—in 2021, it imported an average 672,000 barrels a day, or 8 per cent of its needs, according to the Energy Information Agency (EIA); Canada provides 51 per cent of US oil imports—the impact would be elsewhere. Crude oil prices could skyrocket—to as high as $150 a barrel, some analysts fear—and that would wreak havoc on the Indian economy.
Many observers worry that the impact on India’s economy could be severe; others are sanguine that India’s economy is insulated from the effects of a war that is very far away. The stock market has already reacted, with major indices falling by almost 10 per cent since February 1, although they recovered around the days of the state election results. Several market veterans shrug off the slide saying a ‘technical correction’ was due anyway, and events in Europe supplied the trigger.
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