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Strategy Byte - Week 29 Inflation Drivers

Recap During Week 28, we explored two hyper-inflationary economies - Zimbabwe & Argentina to understand what drives hyper-inflation & it's impact on an economy as a worst case scenario case study. Let us again revisit the question - What is Inflation? There is inflation when the prices of

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Strategy Byte - Week 28 Inflation - Impacting lives

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Inflation - Deep Dive 3. Zimbabwe 4. Argentina 5. Key Takeaways 6. Causes / Sources of Inflation Recap During Week 27, we introduced inflation as one of the critical variables in analyzing external environment. It is a macro-economic variable closely tied to our daily lives.

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Strategy Byte - Week 27 Inflation

Recap During Week 26, we discussed interest rate drivers where we started with interest rate as cost of money & hence subject to supply & demand of money. More money means higher liquidity and lower interest rates. Less money means lower liquidity & hence higher interest rates. Then we discussed

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Strategy Byte Week 26 - Interest Rate Drivers

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Interest Rate Drivers 3. Supply & Demand 4. Central Banks 5. Inflation Recap During Week 25, we explored term structure or yield curve & how it signals the direction in which the economic winds would blow. A term structure or yield curve is defined

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Strategy Byte - Week 25 Yield Curve

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Term Structure / Yield Curve 3. Debt Securities 4. Bonds 5. Yield Curve Relevance 6. Economic Outlook 7. Market Expectations 8. Yield Curve Update 2024 Recap During week 24, we started with Base Rate (set by the Central Bank or Monetary Authority) & went up

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Strategy Byte - Week 24 Interest Rate - From Base to Prime

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Headline 3. Prime Rate 4. Spreads 5. Reserve Requirement Recap During Week 23, we discussed that Interest rate is the price of money & thus subject to supply & demand of money like any other commodity. From the supply side, 1. An increase in

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Strategy Byte Week 23 - Interest Rates Origin

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Starting Point 3. Monetary Policy & OMO 4. Central Bank Base Rate 5. Natural Rate of Interest 6. Impact of Fed Funds Rate Recap During Week 22, we introduced interest rates as The cost of borrowing money which are normally expressed as a % of

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Strategy Byte - Week 22 : Interest Rates

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Two Headlines 3. Interest Rates Recap In Week 21 of Strategy Bytes, we discussed how movements in a country's current account or Balance of Payments (BoP) position impacts the exchange rate. Higher USD inflows into current account due to strong export performance

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Strategy Byte - Week 21 : Forex Drivers..Cont'd

Recap In Week 20, we started our journey to explore the key economic drivers of foreign exchange rates. We started with 1. Interest Rates & 2. Relative Inflation Rates We defined interest rates as the cost of borrowing or return earned on saving money in a bank or from a

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Strategy Byte - Week 20 : Forex Drivers

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Interest Rates 3. Relative Inflation Rates Recap During Week 19, we explored how fluctuations in foreign exchange (forex) rates can impact a company's balance sheet &/or income statement. The impact can be on account of: 1. Single or multiple transactions -

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Strategy Byte - Week 19 : Forex Drivers & Impact

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Impact on Performance 3. Linkage to Strategy 4. Foreign Exchange Drivers Recap During Week 18, we explored "Exchange" which is "The act of giving something to someone & them giving you something else." Using apples & oranges being exchanged in

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Strategy Byte - Week 18 : Exchange Rate

Recap During Week 17, we discussed Balance of Payments (BoP) where we explained how total inflows of dollars into a country must equal total outflows & to balance the transaction, surplus in capital account must equal deficit in capital account & vice versa. Then we saw how "Net Exports&

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Strategy Byte - Week 17 : Balance of Payments.. Cont'd

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Current Account & Capital Account 3. Present - Future Orientation 4. A Question to Ponder 5. UNCTAD Statistics 6. Foreign Exchange Rate - a Teaser Recap Last week, we introduced a new variable called "Balance of Payments" in analyzing a country'

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Strategy Byte - Week 16 : Balance of Payments

Recap Last week, we explored Net Exports which in simple terms is Exports - Imports. Exports are what a country sells to other nations & imports are what a country buys from other nations. We then discussed GDP as resources produced & consumed within a country either for current consumption

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Strategy Byte - Week 15 : GDP - Net Exports

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Net Exports 3. Relevance of Trade Surplus 4. Relevance of Strategy Recap Last week, we delved into how GDP can factor into a company's decision to expand it's business either locally or internationally. For e.g., if consumption constitutes a

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Strategy Byte - Week 14 : GDP Drivers

Recap Last week, we delved deeper into consumption side of GDP by starting with the analogy of a family & the "spend vs. save" mentality where a family saves more than it spends or spends more than it saves. We then extrapolated it to a country where it

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Strategy Byte - Week 13 : Country Analysis - GDP

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Save Vs. Spend - Future Vs. Present 3. BEA Statement Analysis 4. GDP Component Breakup 5. Linkage to Strategy Recap Last week we explored a country's resources with source & usage in the context of GDP or Gross Domestic Product. On the

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Strategy Byte - Week 12 : GDP - Resources & Usage

Recap Last week we used the analogy of a picnic spot to describe how we pick the most optimal environment for having fun with our friends or family. Similarly, a company should analyze it's external environment to ensure it maintains it's competitive advantage & sustainable profits.

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Strategy Byte - Week 11 : Lay of the Land

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Picnic Spot 3. Gross Domestic Product 4. Country as a Business 5. Country Resource Flow - GDP Recap Last week, we laid out the framework for External Environment analysis where we start from country / global environment with a focus on certain key economic parameters

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Strategy Byte - Week 10 : Explore the Landscape

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Framework for External Analyis 3. Systems Thinking 4. Feedback Loops 5. Causality 6. Tool # 1 - P.E.S.T.L.E Recap Last week, we defined External Environment as where a company deploys it's competitive advantage & tries to earn an

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Strategy Byte - Week 9 : Competitive Landscape

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. External Environment 3. Competitive Landscape 4. Zoom In, Zoom Out Recap Last week we discussed customer value & how we determine a customer's worth? We also explored how long term loyal customers add more value 1. By way of higher spending on

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Strategy Byte - Week 8 : Customer Value

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Customer Value 3. Customer NPV 4. Customer Churn 5. Revenue Model 6. Competition & Industry Life Cycle Recap Last week, we explored the importance of customers to a company's strategy & ultimately it is all about the customer & trying to solve

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Strategy Byte - Week 7 : Customers

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. M.H.C & E.M.S 3. Customers 4. Customer Segmentation 5. Customer Segmentation Basis 6. Channels / Direct to Customers Recap Last week , we discussed competitive advantage. If a company is able to provide a solution or reduce pain points for it'

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Strategy Byte - Week 6 : Competitive Advantage to Value

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Key Questions 3. Unique Capability 4. Value Recap Last week we introduced the term Competitive Advantage which means in simple terms : 1. There is a proprietary solution to solve a pain point or serve customers better. 2. This proprietary solution is unique & different

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Strategy Byte - Week 5 : Competitive Advantage

Table of Contents 1. Recap 2. Final Thoughts on Purpose 3. Competitive Advantage 4. Value vs. Cost Recap Last week we discussed clarity & specificity of purpose. We said our core purpose should be clear in that it guides us on : 1. What action to take? 2. Where to compete?