Thursday, January 10, 2013
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: economy,
videos,
eurozone,
Spain
If you’re fed up of bad news on the economy and the eurozone crisis then you’ll enjoy this short video from Grant Thornton Spain, which gets our 2013 posts off to the perfect positive start.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: statistics,
economy,
IBR,
International business report,
index,
crisis,
optimism
A sharp drop in global business optimism occurred during the third quarter of 2012, according to new figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR)*, with 80% of businesses seeking to build cash rather than re-invest. The UK, however, was one bright spot amid the global gloom.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
survey,
IBR,
International business report,
optimism,
Q2 2012,
indicators
Grant Thornton’s quarterly global business survey is out today and shows businesses in the West sitting on trillions of dollars in liquid assets while their emerging market counterparts are investing in their long-term future. Read on for the full economic update.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
survey,
IBR,
economic,
International Business Report,
optimism,
2012,
indicators,
Q1
New data from the International Business Report (IBR) reveals that many mature market businesses are experiencing a more upbeat first quarter – click on the image left to see G7 confidence levels in Q1 in full. This upturn is also having a knock-on effect on emerging economies, with Peru and Brazil leading the way.
Read on for the highlights from our Q1 economic update…
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
economy,
links,
report,
infrastructure,
insight,
technology,
tech,
Real Estate,
employment,
HR
Don’t miss our latest focus reports and sector insights covering HR, employment, tech, real estate, infrastructure and a special India country report…
Monday, January 16, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
economy,
growth,
performance,
India Watch,
emerging markets,
inflation,
India Economy,
interest rates,
inflation 2011,
India Economy 2011,
interest rates 2011,
Rupee Devaluation 2011,
economic advisory council,
Rupee,
political direction,
stock exchange
As we enter what will hopefully be a more promising year in economic terms for many of the world’s economies, let us take this opportunity to take a look back at the year just passed.
2011 was somewhat of an annus horribilis, with natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand, political uprisings across North Africa, riots in some of the UK’s major cities and what could still be, an economic time-bomb in the form of the Euro-zone debt crisis. All these factors, and many others, led to the continued economic uncertainty seen in both 2009 and 2010, and India, like many other emerging markets was not immune to the global economic turmoil.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India,
South Africa,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
report,
growth,
global,
survey,
international,
emerging markets,
IBR,
insight,
inflation,
International business report,
trends,
recovery,
global economy,
2012,
Ed Nusbaum
What will 2012 bring for both mature and emerging markets? Read on for our major new report surveying demand, employment, investment, inflation and access to finance across 40 economies. It’s a must-read for any business looking to navigate international opportunities at this difficult time.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: statistics,
economy,
IBR,
International business report,
Europe,
debt,
index,
crisis,
US,
optimism
New figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) show a pandemic collapse in business optimism during the third quarter of 2011 with net global business optimism dropping from 31% to just 3%.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
economy,
growth,
India Watch,
inflation,
FTSE,
economic growth,
IMF,
Dow Jones,
growth rate,
Indian Rupee
As we enter the final quarter of 2011, the world’s economies remain on a knife edge. Economic concerns coming out of the US and the eurozone continue to cause uncertainty across global markets. These effects can be clearly seen across the world’s market indices. For example, in the year to date, the Dow Jones has seen a fall of nearly 6%, the FTSE 100 a 12% fall and India’s Sensex Index is down a remarkable 23% (with the last quarter seeing the worst fall for almost 3 years).
Saturday, July 16, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 13
| Tags: India,
economy,
China,
growth,
UK,
India Watch,
South Asia Group,
Anuj Chande,
Capital Markets,
inflation,
RBI,
Reserve Bank of India
This halfway point in the calendar year provides us with an ideal opportunity to review India’s economic and political status over the past few months and also to look forward to what the remainder of the year might have in store.
There seems no better item to start with then what has now become a fairly routine announcement from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Last month the RBI raised interest rates for the 10th time in 18 months. The repurchase rate was raised by 25 basis points to 7.5% as the RBI continued to try and curb inflationary pressure. As with the first quarter of the year, wholesale-price inflation (around 9.1% year-on-year to the end of May) continues to be fuelled by high oil prices and strong domestic demand.
