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The Dollar Business Bureau  “Generations of Indian and Hindu Americans have strengthened our country…your values of hard work, education and enterprise have truly enriched our nation.” “They are taking our jobs. China is taking our jobs. Japan is taking our jobs. India is taking our jobs. It is not going to happen anymore, folks!” "Today we are transferring power from Washington DC to the people!" "From this day forward it will only be America first!" Yes, all those statements come from one person, none other than Donald Trump, who has been sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2017. If statements made during the long-drawn election campaign form the basis of elaborate predictions about the impact of ...

Source: PTI    Marking a “historic” change at IMF, India, China and other emerging economies will now have more voting rights at the multilateral funding agency with the implementation of long pending quota reforms. For the first time, the four emerging economies – India China, Brazil and Russia – would be among the 10 largest members of the International Monetary Fund. Besides, more than 6% of quota shares would shift to dynamic emerging markets and developing countries. It would also mark the shift in shares from over-represented to under-represented IMF members. The much-awaited quota reforms, pending for many years, were approved by the US Congress in 2015. The 2010 Quota and Governance reforms were approved by the IMF's Board of Governors in ...

The Dollar Business Bureau   As the US Federal Reserve is likely to increase the interest rate on Wednesday for the first time since 2006, Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday said the move may pose a threat to some emerging markets. According to analysts, the US central bank in its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to be held on Wednesday is expected to announce a hike of a quarter percentage points in the short-term interest rate. While the move would “confirm that the US economic expansion remains on track”, higher rates could bring “risks to some emerging market sovereigns”, said Moody's Investors Service. The direct impact of any rate increase on the US economy should be minimal as the US ...

Source : PTI India and South Africa are the “bright spots” among larger emerging markets, as both these countries saw large improvement in the global competitiveness index compiled by World Economic Forum, while the trend for their peer countries is either one of decline or stagnation. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, the failure, particularly by emerging markets, to improve competitiveness since the recession suggests future shocks to global economy could have deep and protracted consequences. “However, there are bright spots: India ends five years of decline with a spectacular 16-place jump to 55th. South Africa re-enters the top 50, progressing seven places to 49th,” WEF said. China, holding steady at 28, remains by far the most competitive of this ...

 Neha Dewan | @TheDollarBiz Companies that plan to go global at times overlook the need to localise their products, and this often leads to failure, revealed Rakesh Sharma, Head of Exports, Nestle India, at a knowledge symposium on “Emerging Opportunities and Risk Management in Global Business” organised by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) and Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) in New Delhi last week. Speaking at the forum, Sharma said that identifying a consumer segment that resonates with the company’s core strength is an important factor for the success of a brand in emerging markets. However, localisation is the key. “One must develop products that are suitable for the local market. Localisation is critical to access. Failure ...