New Delhi/Hong Kong, March 12 -- The deepening conflict in West Asia has placed the Indian economy and the broader Asian region in the "eye of the storm," as supply chain disruptions and surging energy costs threaten to trigger a significant negative growth shock.

Trinh Nguyen, Senior Economist for Emerging Markets at Natixis, told ANI that the Indian market is "relatively resilient" compared to its Asian peers.

"What I would say about India, and in general, is that it's relatively resilient compared to the sell-off that you see in other markets. When we think about countries that are much worse affected, India doesn't come to mind, even though it's negative," she said. She explained that "it obviously has more leverage than, say, the P...