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How Country Ratings Affect Economies

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melanie.campbell
melanie.campbell 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Fiscal deficit and inflation will decide rate of interest Nothing else matters

gabinoirizarry390
gabinoirizarry390 3 weeks, 2 days ago

This is false, i have no idea how he makes money trading when he says stupid stuff like that. Bonds markets is the biggest market with most sophisticated traders and investors, I don’t think they govern a damn about rating agencies.

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jamesrune24 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Are the borrowing rules based on the country's economic conditions...where we may be ranking higher possibly...or lower and hence get penalized with a higher rate

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rodrigo.mendes 3 weeks, 2 days ago

6.5% interest rate === 65% of government employees are corrupt

melanie.campbell
melanie.campbell 3 weeks, 2 days ago

yes, ita biased reports always trying to undermine india since 1800

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joshuaplume84 3 weeks, 2 days ago

the cost of racism indirectly

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laurencebailly256 3 weeks, 2 days ago

If there were no rating agencies, cheats like you would havd flourished in the governments all over the world. Your fragile ego couldn't handle getting defeated by legend Vishy.

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kristin.ford 3 weeks, 2 days ago

It's political...

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cynthia_garcia 3 weeks, 3 days ago

It's because no one wants to save dollars😢

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rolando_zayas 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Bro we are a backward uncivilized country where people don't pay back their loans. It's not the same. It's not about population but culture

scottarc94
scottarc94 3 weeks, 3 days ago

No. Its primarily a result of budgeting

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matthewpalmer720 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Our politicians probably aren't thinking about this right now. If they ever take a break from religious politics, they might start thinking about how to bring Pakistan into their next topic.😂

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jamesrune24 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Kazakhstan often enjoys lower (better) sovereign borrowing interest rates than India primarily because of its exceptionally low government debt-to-GDP ratio (around 24%) and massive sovereign wealth reserves. Rating agencies base their assessments on structural and fiscal metrics rather than a bias against India.

ekani_goswami
ekani_goswami 3 weeks, 3 days ago

The better question to ask is, are the powers that be lending to us at the rate they are because of the rating agencies or are the rating agencies rating us the way they are because of the powers that be.

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mandy_butler 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Those agencies don't want India to become developed and challenge world order. Every percentage point diff. is causing our country's higher interest repayments and limiting borrowing capacity

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maríadelcarmenuribe801 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Size doesn’t mean anything. Nikhil is wrong about this. India has lots of corruption and its economic system is not stable yet

jorge_razo
jorge_razo 3 weeks, 3 days ago

These are NOT arbitrary agencies and these agencies giving us poor rating is also NOT arbitrary. We are famous for being the most corrupt country governed by greedy dishonest politicians and an incompetent administration. Nothing is arbitrary.

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gaelhenriquedapaz405 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Cost of borrowing also depends on who is borrowing and how corrupt the borrower is

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sarah.zuniga 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Lol india has one of THE most corrupt construction and public infra, the cost of borrowing will significantly increase since there is not much oversight on the borrowings and the repayment.

jorge_razo
jorge_razo 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Govt should bring more prominently the Brics rating agency that was ideated. All Brics members should be made to give it more weightage than the other 3