NEW DELHI : Indian households during the two covid waves since last year have ended up with an “extra savings" pile of as much as $300 billion, according to a report by UBS Securities India Pvt.
Ltd. Indians were expected to save around $200 billion for the 18-month period till the June 2021 quarter. However, overall savings stood at $500 billion.
As per the report, the slowdown in spending by households through the lockdowns last year resulted in $200 billion extra net savings. “In our inaugural report, we quantified the ‘extra’ savings at $200 billion as of September 2020.
While that had begun to unwind in subsequent quarters, second wave-related savings in the June 2021 quarter have led this ‘extra’ savings pile to rise to $300