Elara Securities (India) Private Limited Story needs more support Quick comment: Inflation falls on base; real recovery clouded Sustainability of growth momentum post robust Q1FY15 GDP figures was clouded in the first place and the current round of macro data distinctly signals that. Waiting for the economy to self-correct could take longer-than-expected as Indias macro stability indicators continue to have traces of latent stagflation pressures. We remain cautious of the short-term recovery prospects, and, accordingly, retain our FY15E for real GDP at 5.4%. A slow pickup in the economy could lend a downward bias to our FY16E for real GDP at 6.7%. Elevated levels of headline inflation in 2014 have induced a strong base effect. Coupled with easing vegetable prices and moderation in crude, the headline CPI inflation at 6.5% in September 2014 suddenly looks benign. Inflation readings for the next three months could continue to look benign on these counts. Along with a normalization of base in January 2014, the dynamics of food prices and bottomed core inflation are key risks for the inflation trajectory in Q4FY15. On a YoY basis, the pace of resurrection of headline inflation in Q4FY15 could turn out to much sharper than anticipated. Factory output Deseasonalized movement in overall factory output, as measured by 3mma SAAR, has shown a sizeable loss in the sequential momentum contraction of 9.2% the largest since July 2013. Most manufacturing momentum gains in Q1FY15 on account of strong exports demand seem to be over now. In the manufacturing sector, 11 out of 22 industry groups contracted during August 2014. For detailed classification, see page 2. Contraction in consumer goods production at 6.9% YoY and 19.5% 3mma SAAR, centered on durables, indicates a long wait for broad-based revival in the consumption cycle. Retail inflation CPI inflation has responded well to an across-the-board high base, supported by almost zero sequential momentum growth on a MoM basis. For a detailed CPI inflation breakdown, please refer to page 3. Monetary policy preview We remain bearish on the structural supply-side bottlenecks that continue to pose upside risks to inflation targets set by the Central Bank (CB). In the last monetary policy statement, the CB underlined it will look through the base effect of the inflation trajectory. Of the key assumptions in our base case outlook on inflation, namely 1) disappointment in the spatial distribution of the Monsoon, affecting farm productivity and distorting retail price regimes, and 2) a growth revival without supply-side response stoking pricing power, constitutes a major risk to the 200bp disinflation target set by the CB during 2015. And, that leaves real chances of further rate hikes by the CB. Broad collapse in factory output (4) (2) 0 2 4 6 8 A u g - 1 3 S e p - 1 3 O c t - 1 3 N o v - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 J a n - 1 4 F e b - 1 4 M a r - 1 4 A p r - 1 4 M a y - 1 4 J u n - 1 4 J u l - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 1 2
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Source: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research Trends in YoY growth of IP Y-o-Y (%) Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 General 3.7 5.6 3.9 0.4 0.4 Mining 1.7 2.5 4.5 1.2 2.6 Manufacturing 3.0 5.9 2.5 (1.0) (1.4) Electricity 11.9 6.7 15.7 11.7 12.9 Basic goods 8.6 7.5 10.0 7.4 9.6 Capital goods 13.4 4.2 23.3 (3.9) (11.3) Intermediate goods 3.0 3.5 2.4 3.0 0.3 Consumer goods (4.8) 4.6 (9.7) (7.7) (6.9) Durables (7.7) 3.6 (23.4) (20.9) (15.0) Non-durables (2.7) 5.2 0.6 2.4 (0.9) Source: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research Trends in sequential growth of IP 3mma saar(%) Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 General 5.5 13.7 3.9 (6.3) (9.2) Mining (8.1) (3.0) 4.5 0.6 9.5 Manufacturing 5.4 17.5 0.9 (8.8) (15.2) Electricity 22.6 26.7 34.6 6.3 12.3 Basic goods 16.3 10.0 14.3 1.7 12.1 Capital goods 38.1 35.9 86.5 5.6 4.2 Intermediate goods (4.6) 3.1 3.4 4.0 (2.8) Consumer goods (16.7) 6.5 (14.3) (18.0) (19.5) Source: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research Revision patterns in IP for July 2014 RE QE Mining 1.2 2.1 Manufacturing (1.0) (1.0) Electricity 11.7 11.7 Basic goods 7.4 7.6 Capital goods (3.9) (3.8) Intermediate goods 3.0 2.6 Consumer goods (7.7) (7.4) General 0.4 0.5 Source: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research Trends in India CPI inflation (%) Weights Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Headline 100.0 7.5 8.0 7.7 6.5 Rural 43.0 7.9 8.4 8.3 6.7 Urban 57.0 6.8 7.9 8.5 9.4 Food, beverages & tobacco 49.7 8.0 9.1 9.1 7.6 Rural 37.2 8.6 9.6 9.5 8.0 Urban 59.3 6.6 8.3 8.3 7.6 Fuel and light 9.5 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.5 Housing 9.8 9.1 8.9 8.5 8.1 Clothing, bedding & footwear 4.7 8.6 8.7 8.4 7.6 Miscellaneous 26.3 6.5 6.6 5.9 4.7 Ex food 50.3 6.9 6.7 6.2 5.2 Core (ex-food ex-fuel) 40.8 7.4 7.4 6.8 5.9 Source: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research India | Strategy 13 October 2014
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Exhibit 1: Consolidated industrial breakdown (% YoY) Description Weight FY13 FY14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 General 100.0 1.1 (0.1) 3.7 5.6 3.9 0.4 0.4 Use based classification
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(25) (20) (15) (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 25 (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 D e c - 0 8 F e b - 0 9 A p r - 0 9 J u n - 0 9 A u g - 0 9 O c t - 0 9 D e c - 0 9 F e b - 1 0 A p r - 1 0 J u n - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 O c t - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 F e b - 1 1 A p r - 1 1 J u n - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 O c t - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 F e b - 1 2 A p r - 1 2 J u n - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 O c t - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 F e b - 1 3 A p r - 1 3 J u n - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 O c t - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 F e b - 1 4 A p r - 1 4 J u n - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 ( % ) ( % ) 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
Exhibit 4: Trends in Mining (%) Exhibit 5: Trends in Electricity Production (%) (20) (15) (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
(20) (10) 0 10 20 30 40 (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
Exhibit 6: Trends in Basic Goods (%) Exhibit 7: Trends in Capital Goods (%) (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 (4) (2) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
(60) (40) (20) 0 20 40 60 80 100 (40) (30) (20) (10) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
Exhibit 8: Trends in Intermediate Goods (%) Exhibit 9: Trends in Consumer Goods (%) (15) (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
(30) (20) (10) 0 10 20 30 40 50 (15) (10) (5) 0 5 10 15 20 25 D e c - 0 9 A p r - 1 0 A u g - 1 0 D e c - 1 0 A p r - 1 1 A u g - 1 1 D e c - 1 1 A p r - 1 2 A u g - 1 2 D e c - 1 2 A p r - 1 3 A u g - 1 3 D e c - 1 3 A p r - 1 4 A u g - 1 4 12 month change (LHS) 3mma saar (RHS)
Source of all charts: CSO, MOSPI and Elara Securities Research
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