All of the major emerging economies face weakening external demand, but India’s slowdown has been exacerbated by a drop in investment that reflects a deeper loss of official direction and business confidence. Even the International Monetary Fund’s forecast of a modest improvement in 2013 is predicated on the government’s ability to breathe life into a spate of stalled economic reforms.
改革因为没完没了的政治僵局而陷入了停顿。所有主要新兴经济体都面临着外部需求疲软的状况，但印度的减速因投资下降而被放大了，而投资下降又反映了正式方向的迷失和商业信心的滑落。就连IMF也预测，2013年印度经济只会略有改善，因为政府难以令陷入停顿的一系列经济改革重获生机。