✴️Indian GDP: 7.80% or 2.60%?✴️

✴️Indian GDP: 7.80% or 2.60%?✴️

Interestingly, while a former finance secretary has pegged, the Indian growth rate at 2.60%, the government of India has vehemently opposed it saying: it is 7.80%.

Ironically, both the numbers tell only a part of the story. The missing pieces are where the real numbers live:

🔸The much talked about deflator which shaped the GDP growth numbers.

🔸The Indian jobs data which does not tally with the glossy print, and

🔸 Finally the GDP series which probably fails to capture the unorganised sector of the India economy.

I’ve written a breakdown that digs into these blind spots.

I would love to hear how investors here interpret such statistical gaps when assessing emerging markets.

Read the full article at: #SumanSpeaks.

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