IMA is a niche economic, business and market research firm that provides insights and analysis to top management audiences in India through multiple channels. For over two decades, IMA’s research and opinion has informed the perspectives of investors, industry and government. IMA is the country’s largest peer group platform for top functional executives, comprising more than 2,500 Indian and global business/functional heads from over 1,500 member companies.
Ongoing updates on critical business issues for peer group members
Executive Briefings Politics & Economy: China
Sunday October 27, 2024
Whilst the recent agreement to resume patrolling, along the Line of Actual Control, is a welcome step, it does not indicate a reset of relationships. The trust deficit will take a lot longer to amend. There have been several skirmishes on the border, fuelled by China’s creeping acquisition of disputed territory. Negotiations are painful, as they involve dozens of positions in high altitude terrains with both sides claiming ownership
Executive Briefings Politics And Economy: Fed Rates
Wednesday October 16, 2024
The impact of US monetary policy spreads across the entire global economic architecture. Fund flows to emerging markets are directly proportional to interest rate differentials. This is logical, as investors seeking higher returns, move funds out of the United States. More recently, the Reserve Bank of India defied market hopes, leaving interest rates unchanged. Logically, therefore, we should expect greater stability in the value of the rupee, as in the values of the other emerging market currencies. The half per cent point reduction now places the Fed fund rate to be between 4.75% and 5%. The shift in the Fed’s stance towards monetary easing, suggests that inflation is firmly under control, or so the central bank would like to believe
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