Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh

The Age Of Stars

The gold airlift, liberalisation, and a floating rupee.

Vol. CXXXIIThe edition of 2006 · The Open Economy3 records
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
President
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Finance Minister
P. Chidambaram
RBI Governor
Y. V. Reddy

Rupee per dollar

₹45.19

+2.7% on 2005

Inflation

5.8%

+1.55 pts on 2005

GDP growth

8.06%

+0.14 pts on 2005

Reserves

$178,050m

+29.2% on 2005

External debt

$159,526m

+31.6% on 2005

Brent crude

$65.25

+18.8% on 2005

Indian equities · 22 May 2006

Sharp intraday collapse on the Sensex amid the credit boom; emerging-market sell-off

Same week the rupee and EM currencies weakened sharply. Point magnitude not verified in this session

UnconfirmedOfficial record. Source: Not sourced in this session

The record for 2006 is thin. Figures and events not shown here have not been found in the sources, not been found to be zero.

War & Unrest

1 item

Levant

Israel–Lebanon war (July–Aug 2006)

Crude-oil price channel; evacuation of Indian nationals from Lebanon

UnconfirmedOfficial record. Source: Not sourced in this session

The Ledger: what was borrowed in 2006

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CreditorInstrumentAmountUS$ mStatusGrade
ECB lenders (aggregate)ECB approvals, FY2006-0724,492 USD24,492flowverified

Rows are listed as recorded. Some describe the same loan from different sources and must not be added together.

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