Figure 3: India’s Current Account as Percentage of GDP
If India has embarked on a multimonth period of interest rate cuts, such accommodative monetary policy could be a bullish catalyst for the Indian economy and the Indian equity market. The stage is now set for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present a reform-friendly budget next month. Should the new Indian government be able to propose and enact new pro-growth economic policies, look to see more interest in—and money flowing into—Indian stocks.
Unless otherwise noted, data source is Bloomberg, as of 1/15/2014.
1Source: Bloomberg, as of Q4 2014.
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