Having covered why @AshokaMody focuses only on -ves w.r.t. India (), this thread shows how incorrect his conclusions are.
He uses (only!) 2 pieces of evidence. As is the fate of attempts to peddle incorrect narratives, both miss the wood for the trees! 1/n
@AshokaMody provides only 2 pieces of evidence: (1) stock of household debt is ~40% GDP in March 2023. (2) Personal loans have ↑ by 25-30%. As I show below, both are selectively sampled to peddle his fear-mongering narrative. 2/n
On (1), i.e. stock of household debt is ~40% of GDP, @AshokaMody ignores that a balance sheet comprises both assets & liabilities + assets can service debt. Stock of debt (i.e. liability) is DWARFED by stock of financial assets at 103.1% of GDP (see ). 3/norfonline.org/research/busti…
India's GDP growth at 8.2% for FY23-24. An analytical thread: 1. Post Covid, India's growth rate is 9.7%, 7.0% & 8.2%. Feel gratified as in Sep-21, when few believed it, I'd said in many interactions that I expect India to have 7%+ GDP growth (). 1/ntinyurl.com/56dpsh3b
2. This high growth is with moderate inflation of about 5%. At a time when advanced economies have faced 2.5-4x their avg inflation, India's inflation has been lower than avg. Govt. of India under PM @narendramodi deserves max credit for this wonderful performance. 2/n
Pleasing part of growth this yr is mfg growth at ~10%. So, India can indeed grow its mfg by addressing policy failures. As I've said often, India didn't reform its factor markets till 2014. Attempts by PM @narendramodi in this direction r yielding fruit. Let's continue this. 3/n
1. 5th largest eco has never been ranked as low as India is👇
Rating=Probability of Default =f(Ability2Repay + Intent2Repay)
GDP best reflects Ability2Repay=> ratings criteria used by @SPGlobalRatings@MoodysInvSvc@FitchRatings@DBRSMorningstar is conceptually FLAWED. 2/20
2. Rating=Probability of Default =f(Ability2Repay + Intent2Repay)
As forex reserves r used to repay external (i.e. foreign currency) debt & short-term debt is repayable over 1-yr, short-term external debt as % of reserves capture Ability2Repay.
India is CLEAR +ve outlier👇3/20
🧵#9YearsOfPMModi#PhenomenalEconomicChanges
Jefferies, a Global Investment Bank, notes in its periodic report GREED&FEAR that “the dramatic changes wrought by Modi after 10yrs in power have been phenomenal.” 🧵using Jefferies' report 1/22
#9YearsOfPMModi#InflatioTrendsDown
CPI Inflation and Core Inflation are trending down. The expectation is that inflation should run around 5% for the rest of this year which is below the upper band of the RBI’s target, namely 6%. 3/22