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Indian economy faces resilience test amid risks from coronavirus
gross domestic product grew 0.9% in the three months ended March, making it the second straight quarter of expansion since India exited a rare recession.What Bloomberg Economics Says...“Widening state-level lockdowns over the last month now pose significant downside risks to our latest growth forecast."Abhishek Gupta, India economistEven as virus cases have started receding and some parts of the country may reopen by June, consumers are unlikely to spend freely, given the economic uncertainties and with unemployment at its highest level in a year.Households would rather save than spend, said QuantEco Research economist Yuvika Singhal, who downgraded her full-year growth forecast by 150 basis points to 10%.The biggest hit from the second