Hailing ‘China Plus One’ Strategy, Foreign Brokerages Show Confidence in India’s Economic Resilience
News 18The ‘China plus one’ strategy is being recognised as one of India’s major economic strengths, with brokerage Nomura becoming the latest in a number of global analysts acknowledging the country’s growing economic heft. ‘China plus one’ refers to the decision of several economies, including the USA, to look for markets outside of China for sourcing critical raw materials and for establishing manufacturing facilities. So, it is no surprise that analysts at Nomura have raised India’s rating to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Neutral’ in their latest analysis and one of the factors cited for this upgrade is the country’s ‘China plus on’ strategy. Of course, the battle with inflation has prevented the Reserve Bank of India from lowering rates and any negative effects of a poor monsoon and elevated food prices may impact India’s GDP growth next year.