The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India’s External Sector

The term financial crisis refers to the loss of confidence in a country's currency or other financial assets causing international investors to withdraw their funds from the country. The financial crisis and associated recession originated in the US in early 2008 and then spread to Europe has by now engulfed most of the economies in both developed and developing world. There is every possibility of direct as well as indirect implications of the crisis on all the economies of the world. The crisis has affected the entire global economies in one way or other. The present study makes an attempt to identify the immediate impact of the financial crisis on major world economies especially Indian economy in terms of selected economic indicators. The study examines the trends in export, import, foreign remittances, earnings from business services, overall Balance of Payment position, GDP growth rates etc in the context of Indian economy against the background of global financial crisis and subsequent global recession. India is considered to be highly vulnerable to a crisis like this because of its greater integration with the rest of the world. The study shows that there are some reasons to believe that the financial crisis affected Indian economy adversely by slowing foreign remittances, foreign investment, adverse BoP position etc. However, Indian economy shows the symptoms of rapid recovery from the sudden set back it had to undergo during 2008-09

Trends and Challenges of India’s Balance of Payments

Balance of Payments (BoP), being a record of the monetary transactions over a period with the rest of the world, reflects all payments and liabilities to foreigners and all payments and obligations received from foreigners. In this sense, the balance of payments is one of the major indicators of a country's status in international trade. BoP accounting serves to highlight a country's competitive strengths and weaknesses and helps in achieving balanced economic-growth. It can significantly affect the economic policies of a government and the economy itself. Therefore, every country strives to a have a favorable balance of payments and maintains its long run sustainability. India’s balance of payment position was quite unfavorable during the time of country’s entry into liberalized trade regime. Two decades of economic reforms and free trade opened several opportunities that, of course, reflected in the balance of payments performance of the country. This paper, therefore, attempts to evaluate the trends and emerging challenges of India’s Balance of Payments. The discussion is broadly classified into four parts viz. i) India’s balance of payments picture since 1991, ii) emerging role of invisibles and software services in balance of payments iii) unhealthy trends in FDI and iv) the vulnerability and challenges ahead

The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India’s External Sector

The term financial crisis refers to the loss of confidence in a country's currency or other financial assets causing international investors to withdraw their funds from the country. The financial crisis and associated recession originated in the US in early 2008 and then spread to Europe has by now engulfed most of the economies in both developed and developing world. There is every possibility of direct as well as indirect implications of the crisis on all the economies of the world. The crisis has affected the entire global economies in one way or other. The present study makes an attempt to identify the immediate impact of the financial crisis on major world economies especially Indian economy in terms of selected economic indicators. The study examines the trends in export, import, foreign remittances, earnings from business services, overall Balance of Payment position, GDP growth rates etc in the context of Indian economy against the background of global financial crisis and subsequent global recession. India is considered to be highly vulnerable to a crisis like this because of its greater integration with the rest of the world. The study shows that there are some reasons to believe that the financial crisis affected Indian economy adversely by slowing foreign remittances, foreign investment, adverse BoP position etc. However, Indian economy shows the symptoms of rapid recovery from the sudden set back it had to undergo during 2008-09

The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India’s External Sector

The term financial crisis refers to the loss of confidence in a country's currency or other financial assets causing international investors to withdraw their funds from the country. The financial crisis and associated recession originated in the US in early 2008 and then spread to Europe has by now engulfed most of the economies in both developed and developing world. There is every possibility of direct as well as indirect implications of the crisis on all the economies of the world. The crisis has affected the entire global economies in one way or other. The present study makes an attempt to identify the immediate impact of the financial crisis on major world economies especially Indian economy in terms of selected economic indicators. The study examines the trends in export, import, foreign remittances, earnings from business services, overall Balance of Payment position, GDP growth rates etc in the context of Indian economy against the background of global financial crisis and subsequent global recession. India is considered to be highly vulnerable to a crisis like this because of its greater integration with the rest of the world. The study shows that there are some reasons to believe that the financial crisis affected Indian economy adversely by slowing foreign remittances, foreign investment, adverse BoP position etc. However, Indian economy shows the symptoms of rapid recovery from the sudden set back it had to undergo during 2008-09.Financial crisis, Great Depression, Emerging Market Economies, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Institutional Investment, Balance off Payments, GDP