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by Bajan Reporter / March 10th, 2021
Less tax revenues and more social spending during the Covid-19 pandemic have led to an increase in borrowing and consequentially in the national debt. The consolidated public debt closed in 2020 at about US$53 billion. Yet, the
The Central Bank released on 4 March the report “
Public Debt and Financial marks in Times of the Pandemic.” The report concludes that as the foreign exchange generating sectors are reactivated, there will be a gradual reduction of the debt.
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Consolidated public debt closed 2020 at about US$53 billion. If nominal GDP in dollars had simply maintained its 2019 level, some US$89 billion, instead of falling to some US$79 billion as estimated in 2020, the consolidated public debt, would have stood at around 59.5% of GDP, some 10 percentage points lower than the figure recorded last year of 69.2% of GDP,”
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Synopsis
The beauty of bull markets are they race ahead of themselves most times, correct sharply, pause for some time and resume their upward journey.
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For the recently initiated one, this is the time to observe and learn the irrationality of markets, from a very rational, non-ebullient perspective.
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On Monday, the domestic equity market took a tumble and the Sensex shed around 1,400 points in a single day. The media went bonkers, equating it to a cataclysmic event like the Indian cricket team being bowled out for 36 runs.
The headlines cited all sorts of reasons for the fall – from a new strain of coronavirus to the pace of recovery in global markets – all in a single day. If this continues for a few days, one is quite likely to see recently-blooded equity investors to wistfully look at the bull market and wonder – to paraphrase Shakespeare – Et tu, ‘Bull’-tus?