Tag: South Africa

Bottlenecks plaguing the coal sector in India

The import of coal has been one of the significant factors contributing to the Current Account Deficit (CAD) in India that touched 4.8 per cent (approx USD 88 billion) of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012-13 period. Rising imports, coupled with fall in value of rupee, resulted in a drain of foreign exchange from… Read More Bottlenecks plaguing the coal sector in India

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Currency crisis in the Emerging Markets

. The year 2013 has seen a global sell off resulting in the fall of currency in most emerging markets including Brazil, India, South Africa, Indonesia and Turkey. The charts below show the currency movement of the emerging nations versus the US Dollar in the last 5 years. (Source: http://www.xe.com/currencycharts )         Brazilian Real has… Read More Currency crisis in the Emerging Markets

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