Moreover, the acquisition of Viterra Inc's agri-products business is an excellent fit to Agrium's portfolio, allowing it to offer highly competitive products, services and technologies by combining its experience with Viterra's profound knowledge of …

On the other hand, there are those that argue that the rand needs to fall even further in order to make South African exports more globally competitive. The arguments in favour of a weak rand are persuasive. In one interesting contribution to the …

Despite recent troubles, emerging economies are still super-competitive and are using huge quantities of primary resources, thus squeezing our growth while adding to inflation. In these circumstances, the concept of Money GDP targets becomes …

They can devalue their currencies, which is a proxy for cutting prices. By doing this, a country is effectively providing its companies with an immediate leg-up. It has helped exporters become instantly more competitive, even if they have merely …

2) Ashok: If domestic inflation, engendered by the government's magnanimity, was not hollowing out the inherent value of the rupee, these periodic bouts of devaluation could have been avoided. Once it falls, the rupee never climbs back again. T N Ninan …

Norges Bank has been continually talking down the Krone to make exporters more competitive, and in the process has reduced the net worth of everybody in Norway by over 10%. Everybody's vacation just got that much more expensive, not to mention the …

They can devalue their currencies, which is a proxy for cutting prices. By devaluing its currency, a country is effectively providing its domestic companies with an immediate leg-up. It has helped exporters become instantly more competitive, even if …

Exports have been rising steadily since July mainly on account of rupee depreciation coupled with rise in demand in some of the main markets of US, Europe, as well as Africa and Southeast Asia. This was in stark contrast to quite a dull run since the …

In a world of competitive currency devaluation it's often difficult to take a fundamental view. Two central banks weakening their currency, whether by direct sales (Swiss National Bank) or stimulus (US Federal Reserve), represent conflicting forces for …