‘Equity markets poised to handle inflation’

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Posted: 2008-05-12 15:31:07+05:30 IST
Updated: May 12, 2008 at 1658 hrs IST

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Corporate earnings should withstand an increase in inflation so long as it stays out of wages, which makes up the biggest proportion of the corporate cost base.

At present, inflation is not driving up wages in the developed world, but there are sign of wage inflation in the emerging nations.

However, Citibank economist, Yiping Huang, observes that the wage inflation in emerging markets has yet to have an impact on corporate profits mainly because productivity has risen by enough to offset the increase in labour costs. ...

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