Budget a Non-Event as Govt Plays Safe; Falling Yields to Shift Asset Allocation to Equities
The Government presented a fiscally sound budget and avoided any major steps to boost expenditure and mitigate the shock of demonetization....
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Pre-Budget: Marginal Room for Stimulus
On the eve of the budget, shares on the stock market have rallied, raising hopes of the long delayed revival in private sector capital expenditure...
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Cratering Loan Growth in India
Average loan growth for India's banks is now at unprecedented low levels: 0.3% as at December 2016 compared with March 2016. The figures have been...
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Battle Lines in Payments: An Evaluation of the War for Wallets
We think economic moats remain the strongest at the center of the payment ecosystem, where Visa Inc (V US)Â and Mastercard Inc (MA US) maintain...
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Money Matters: Is the Fed Behind the Curve?
While earnings integers on a number of equity market indices have been falling for a while, equities have held up extremely well globally and...
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