StatsGuru: The numbers behind the Indian economy in 2014

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In the second of StatsGuru's year-end iterations, India's numbers as compared to the world economy are examined. 

As Table 1 shows, over the first half of the year, the rupee strengthened against the dollar - but lost value again, amid volatility, as the year progressed. However, as Table 2 shows, the dollar itself strengthened considerably over the year. Indeed, Table 3 shows that the rupee stays strong against the dollar when compared to most other currencies. 

Although the growth slowdown did not end, India's remained among the fastest-growing large economies of the world, as Table 4 shows. However, little of this came from industrial growth. That, as Table 5 reveals, stayed anaemic in comparison to most others. And inflation, too, was high over most of the year - Table 6 has that comparison. 

Table 7 shows the yield of government debt in several markets. India's is among the highest, reflecting the size of government borrowing, among other things. This was also a year, however, in which the equity markets did well - Table 8 shows India's benchmark equity indices beat most markets except Shanghai's, which showed great numbers but off a low base.