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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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India Watch Issue 12
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Over the first quarter of 2011, the World’s economies witnessed a number of significant set-backs in their growth stories. The recent natural disasters suffered by Japan and New Zealand, coupled with the on-going political turmoil in the Middle-East, have created an unsettled start to the year.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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As we say farewell to 2010, we can take this opportunity to reflect upon the economic environment in India over the past year and also the opportunity to focus on some of the key areas of economic importance for the year ahead.
The first half of 2010 saw significant year on year growth, with GDP ranging between 8.5% and 8.8%. The year, however, was not without its problems, as highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), economic activity in both the manufacturing and service sectors in India slowed in the 3rd quarter of the year while infrastructural development and investment continued to cause concern, along with India’s ‘old friend’ inflation.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 10
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South Asia,
Alex Wright,
inflation
Over the last quarter, India’s economy has continued to grow at a significant rate. Nevertheless, doubts still remain as to the extent to which India’s level of growth can be maintained. The prohibitive combination of considerable inflation rates and years of underinvestment in the country’s infrastructure continues to prove an obstacle to growth.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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Now that we are more than half way through 2010, we are in a position to take stock of the first 6 months of the year and look ahead to what the second half of this year may hold for the Indian economy.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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While the world’s recent economic focus has predominantly been on activities in south-eastern Europe, there continues to be key economic developments throughout many of the world’s emerging markets.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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With the passing of the New Year, India can look forward to 2010 in the belief that the worst of the global financial crisis has passed and that the country remains on course for continued growth. 2009 witnessed the deepest trough of the financial crisis, and while India was not completely unaffected, with increased government and private spending and the implementation of economic stimulatory packages, it saw a much swifter recovery than most.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Cross border M&A
The recent instability in M&A activity throughout the second quarter of the year, as discussed in the last India Watch report, has continued into the third quarter of 2009. Where equity and commodity markets have seen rather unprecedented growth over the past 4 months, Indian M&A activity has seen a continued lack of stability or growth.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Whilst M&A markets are usually less prone to instability than recession hit equity markets, recently the Indian M&A sector’s combined deal values have fluctuated dramatically. Combined deal values stood at US$970.85m in January, falling substantially to US$243.66m in February, before unexpectedly climbing steadily in March and April and finally dropping to a period-low of US$118.83m in May.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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India elections
The second quarter of 2009 saw a flurry of activity in India on both the political and economical stages. On 16 May 2009, India announced the results of its 15th Lok Sabha national elections and the historic re-election of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) party. The unexpected result was seen as a very positive development by Indian investors, who consequently piled into the stock market, sending the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex Index soaring by 17%. Unfortunately, the rally was cut short after unprecedented trading volatility led regulators to shut the Exchange down for the remainder of the day, but the underlying cause of this rally was not lost - many people throughout India and abroad saw the re-election of the UPA party as a significant long term benefit to the country.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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FTSE,
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With the first quarter of 2009 now over, we have had the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of the global economic turmoil and the extent of its effects on India and the rest of the world.
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