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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ganesh Sivamani

Ganesh Sivamani

Foreign debt shrinks to $77B in 2014 | Business, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com - 0 views

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    This article highlights how the foreign debt of The Philippines has decreased over the years.
Ganesh Sivamani

Mexico's Foreign Direct Investment Falls in 2014 - WSJ - 1 views

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    This article shows how the Mexico's FDI is decreasing.
Ganesh Sivamani

​Gazprom to substitute engineering supplies from pro-sanctions countries - RT... - 1 views

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    This article talks about how a Russian company will use import substitution of metal and engineering products. This means that other countries will lose about 2.5 million USD from orders from Russia.
Ganesh Sivamani

United Nations Development Progrmme (UNDP) released the Human Development Report 2014 (... - 0 views

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    This link gives a general summary of the HDI report of 2014, and also of India in particular in the second half of the report
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Joe Hockey: terms of trade lowest since records began in 1959 | Business | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    The Australian terms of trade has dropped drastically, and measures need to be taken to counter it, as discussed in this article
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Latin America's Divergent Trade Blocs Weigh Greater Cooperation - Businessweek - 0 views

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    This article talks about the Latin American trade blocs, and how leaders want the two main blocs to work together.
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South Africa's rand falls to week lows on wide trade deficit - 0 views

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    This article covers how the South African Rand has fallen due to trade deficits.
Ganesh Sivamani

Japan's Trade Balance in Deficit For 28 Consecutive Months - MarketPulseMarketPulse - 1 views

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    This article details how Japan's trade balance is in deficit for 28 consecutive months!
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Russia's Ruble Value Is Collapsing Due to Sanctions, Stagnation | New Republic - 3 views

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    The value of the Ruble is dropping against the Dollar, and the central bank is trying to make the Ruble stronger.
Ganesh Sivamani

Brits hoarding £3BN in unused foreign currency as 13% bother to exchange holi... - 1 views

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    This is an interesting article talking about how many people don't change their currencies after holidays. Of course, for each household, the amount may not be that big, but the collective £3 billion is a lot of unused money in the economy!
Ganesh Sivamani

EU-U.S. Free-Trade Talks May Drop Controversial Investor Protection Rule - WSJ - 1 views

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    This is an article regarding the talks between the EU and the US regarding free-trade talks.
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China to cut cotton import quotas to boost demand for domestic fiber - 1 views

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    This article talks about how China plans to cut the quota of cotton imports so that the demand of cotton can increase domestically. The reason for this is to boost the demand for domestic fiber.
Ganesh Sivamani

Bangladesh Looks To Factoring To Bolster International Trade | PYMNTS.com - 1 views

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    This is an article on how Bangladesh looks to increase the number of factories, as a means of keeping up with exports, which will then help may back debts. International trade is key for Bangladesh, since they are not able to produce everything they need, so it is important that they are able to pay back sellers, so that the sellers continue selling for a cheap price.
Ganesh Sivamani

Why India needs supply-side economics - Livemint - 0 views

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    This article talks about why India needs supply side economics to develop the economy and reduce inflation and unemployment
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Politicians Should Set Monetary Policy, Rousseff Party Head Says - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    The party running for election in Brazil believes that the government should have the final say in deciding the monetary policies.
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New govt's fiscal policy to affect RBI's monetary stance | Business Standard - 0 views

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    This is an article about how the Reserve Bank of India is waiting for the new fiscal policies before making any decisions. The inflation is on the rise, but the RBI is yet to make any decisions.
Ganesh Sivamani

BBC News - UK GDP growth estimate for 2013 revised down to 1.7% - 1 views

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    This article talks about how the growth rate of the UK GDP was 1.7% last year, compared to the estimate of 1.8%. This year is expected to be good, with businesses opening with a positive mood.
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BBC News - UK inflation rate falls to fresh four-year low of 1.7% - 0 views

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    This article highlights how the UK inflation rate has fallen to a four-year low of 1.7%. The drop in petrol prices is the main reason of this fall in inflation rates.
Ganesh Sivamani

Here's Where Investors Think We Are In The Global Economic Cycle Right Now - 1 views

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    This article shows the results of a survey of which stage of the business cycle investors think we are in. Most people believe we are no mid-cycle, and about 1% believing we are in recession!
Ganesh Sivamani

Rosenberg's Senate Testimony - Business Insider - 0 views

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    This whole article is just a review of what was said by an economist. The part I found especially important is towards the end of the first page, where he talks about how aggregate supply is sometime undervalued. The Commerce Department generally does not report on the aggregate supply, but rather they focus on aggregate demand. For the aggregate supply. the work actually needs to get done for it to happen. The work being labour and productivity.
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