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GLOBAL MARKET ANALYSIS: AN OUTLOOK OF FEBRUARY 2021
Indian stock market outlook as of Feb 2021 has got to do with low interest rates globally and optimism around vaccines. The Pro expansionary Budget has just provided a floor for valuation as the investors anticipate earnings growth to follow government investments sooner or later (Bhise, 2021). These things have
ITALIAN POLITICS: FALLOUT OF ITALY’S GOVERNMENT
After months of instability in Italian politics, Italy’s government finally collapsed on 13th January 2021. Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his small party Italia Viva’s support. This move has put the country in a difficult political situation as the government is now short of a parliamentary majority. However, the
CPEC AT FIVE: A CRITICAL REVIEW
Promising transformational benefits for its all-weather friend, Pakistan, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the biggest foreign investments that China has made under its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative comprising the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the Maritime Silk Road. Launched in April 2015 at an original
THE “NEW NORMAL” OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY
The coronavirus pandemic has affected all nations and brought the global economy to a halt. Developed and developing countries alike were forced to shut down economic activities and impose various kinds of lockdowns. Trade and the stock market were affected too – according to the World Trade Organization, the world
VACCINE: A LIFESAVER OR A CONSPIRACY THEORY?
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to cause serious harm to the global economy and has brought the most developed countries to their knees. Amongst this consistent harm, a vaccine is often being presented as the only way out of the quagmire that is COVID-19. However, with recent talks about relative
SOCIAL HARMONY: A MUCH NEEDED SOCIAL PROSPECT FOR INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
The decline in India’s economic growth during the Fiscal Year 2019-20 was already a worrisome matter. With a lower than expected GDP growth rate along with the severe hit on the automobile sector of India, the economic status had already been a subject of nationwide discussion and debate. Moreover, consumption
LANDSCAPE OF GLOBALISATION POST-COVID 19
Every few decades the world undergoes a political and socio-economic transformation. A study of the factors leading these changes has often lead us to question the status quo and often shape the world political model. Within a time span of a century, we experienced a magnanimous shift in the way
AFRICA’S CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC STABILITY IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY
The economic lagging of Africa in the global market can be easily seen through the major gap between its contribution to the world’s population (17%) and the world’s GDP (3%). The failure to optimally use the continent’s existing resources contributes to the gap. Unless the massive growth opportunities and risks
UK’S ECONOMIC TURBULENCE AND WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE
The last few months have presented some of the most difficult challenges mankind has ever faced. Throughout the course of time, there have been numerous events that have tested the resolve of humans, and we have more often than not emerged victorious in the face of such arduous difficulties. However,