Centre, states' fiscal balances improved progressively despite rise in public investment: Economic Survey 2024

The external balance has been pressured by subdued global demand for goods, but strong services exports largely counterbalanced this, it added. Noting that global output is now somewhat more resilient than in 2022, the pre-Budget document said inflationary pressures are shrinking, and trade is set to recover, should there be no further geo-political shocks or flare-ups.