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| Country | Inflation- Feb 2016 | Index of Industrial production (IIP) | Quarterly GDP trends | Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) Rank | Global Consumer Confidence Index-Nielson Rank-(Score) | Exchange Rate Movement w.r.t US$(%)* |
| Brazil | 10.4% | 0.4% | -1.4 | 75 | 44 (76) | 5.28 |
| Russia | 8.1% | -19.7%** | -0.6** | 45 | 47 (74) | 2.26 |
| India | 5.7% | 10.4% | 7.3 | 55 | 1 (131) | -1.74 |
| China | 2.3% | 0.4% | 6.8 | 28 | 8 (107) | -0.44 |
| South Africa | 6.2%** | 1.8% | 0.6 | 49 | - | 0.82 |
| EU | 0.3%** | -1.0% | 1.6 | - | - | 1.06 |
| US | 1.4%** | 0.9% | 1.9 | 3 | 12 (100) | - |
*indicates movement w.r.t US$ from 1st January 2016 to 10th March 2016
** IIP, Inflation (January 2016) and GDP Quarterly trends Q3-2015
Inflation Rate
| Countries | Last | Previous | Highest | Lowest | Unit | Reference | Frequency |
| Brazil | 10.4 | 8.89 | 6821.31 | 1.65 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| Russia | 8.1 | 15.3 | 2333.3 | 3.6 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| India | 5.7 | 5.01 | 11.16 | 4.38 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| China | 2.7 | 1.4 | 28.4 | -2.2 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| South Africa | 6.2 | 4.6 | 20.9 | 0.2 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| EU | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.4 | -0.5 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| US | 1.4 | 0 | 23.7 | -15.8 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
Index of Industrial Production
| Countries | Last | Previous | Highest | Lowest | Unit | Reference | Frequency |
| Brazil | 0.4* | -0.5 | 25.05 | -24.39 | Percent | 16-Jan | Monthly |
| Russia | -19.7** | 7.0 | 24.40 | -21.20 | Percent | 15-Dec | Monthly |
| India | 10.4 | -8.37 | 14.94 | -14.24 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| China | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.20 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| South Africa | 1.8 | -1.3 | 9.10 | -8.70 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| EU | -1.0 | -0.5 | 2.40 | -4.20 | Percent | 16-Feb | Monthly |
| US | 0.9* | -0.7 | 16.60 | -10.40 | Percent | 16-Jan | Monthly |
*indicates IIP data for January 2016
**indicates IIP data for December 2015
Quarterly GDP Trends
| Countries | Last Q4-2015 | Previous Q3-2015 | Highest | Lowest | Unit | Reference | Frequency |
| Brazil | -1.4 | -1.7 | 3.5 | -4.1 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
| Russia | -0.6* | -1.3 | 4.1 | -5.4 | Percent | Q3-2015 | Quarterly |
| India | 7.3 | 7.7 | 11.4 | -5.2 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
| China | 6.8 | 6.9 | 15.4 | 3.8 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
| South Africa | 0.6 | 1.0 | 7.0 | -2.6 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
| EU | 1.6 | 1.6 | 5.0 | -5.5 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
| US | 1.9 | 2.1 | 13.4 | -4.1 | Percent | Q4-2015 | Quarterly |
Exchange Rate
| Exchange rate (w.r.t. 1 US$) of major currencies, recorded and live data | ||||||
| January’16 | Euro | Brazilian Real | Russian Ruble | INR | RMB | South African Rand |
| 1/1/2016 | 0.91888 | 3.96005 | 73.2088 | 66.1588 | 6.50263 | 15.4928 |
| 1/4/2016 | 0.920185 | 3.98605 | 70.1272 | 66.3006 | 6.51776 | 15.5228 |
| 1/5/2016 | 0.924416 | 4.01835 | 70.1272 | 66.4596 | 6.52377 | 15.575 |
| 1/6/2016 | 0.929024 | 4.02635 | 69.6344 | 66.5933 | 6.53947 | 15.6883 |
| 1/7/2016 | 0.925807 | 4.03292 | 73.1118 | 66.7063 | 6.57245 | 15.9026 |
| 1/8/2016 | 0.920159 | 4.0381 | 74.7646 | 66.7116 | 6.58951 | 16.0345 |
| 1/11/2016 | 0.917679 | 4.03451 | 75.382 | 66.7366 | 6.57185 | 16.2166 |
| 1/12/2016 | 0.919546 | 4.04078 | 74.3719 | 66.7994 | 6.56841 | 16.5993 |
| 1/13/2016 | 0.922054 | 4.02565 | 73.4254 | 66.8033 | 6.57498 | 16.6116 |
| 1/14/2016 | 0.920261 | 4.02565 | 75.2875 | 67.0088 | 6.5829 | 16.5428 |
| 1/15/2016 | 0.917878 | 4.02145 | 77.0588 | 67.4165 | 6.58679 | 16.5943 |
| 1/18/2016 | 0.917451 | 4.03609 | 78.407 | 67.6592 | 6.57794 | 16.7246 |
| 1/19/2016 | 0.918046 | 4.04743 | 78.8731 | 67.6731 | 6.57671 | 16.766 |
| 1/20/2016 | 0.916549 | 4.06887 | 80.1708 | 67.8427 | 6.57848 | 16.7957 |
| 1/21/2016 | 0.918055 | 4.10786 | 82.611 | 67.9201 | 6.57867 | 16.7433 |
| 1/22/2016 | 0.921764 | 4.13161 | 81.0209 | 67.7135 | 6.57915 | 16.5843 |
| 1/25/2016 | 0.923926 | 4.10941 | 79.3888 | 67.5975 | 6.57793 | 16.4847 |
| 1/26/2016 | 0.922914 | 4.08645 | 77.2902 | 67.7152 | 6.57914 | 16.4889 |
| 1/27/2016 | 0.920722 | 4.07381 | 77.5143 | 67.8838 | 6.57935 | 16.4394 |
| 1/28/2016 | 0.917792 | 4.0854 | 77.4615 | 68.0276 | 6.5772 | 16.3575 |
| 1/29/2016 | 0.917405 | 4.06665 | 76.327 | 67.9655 | 6.57557 | 16.1699 |
| February’16 | Euro | Brazilian Real | Russian Ruble | INR | RMB | South African Rand |
| 2/1/2016 | 0.919592 | 4.01387 | 76.111 | 67.8368 | 6.58129 | 15.9983 |
| 2/2/2016 | 0.918263 | 3.98152 | 77.5893 | 67.8656 | 6.58147 | 16.007 |
| 2/3/2016 | 0.91382 | 3.96828 | 78.4221 | 67.9721 | 6.57852 | 16.1436 |
| 2/4/2016 | 0.903148 | 3.91566 | 77.1714 | 67.77 | 6.57504 | 16.0264 |
| 2/5/2016 | 0.895662 | 3.89286 | 76.9043 | 67.628 | 6.57178 | 15.9082 |
| 2/8/2016 | 0.89603 | 3.89868 | 77.5358 | 67.7849 | 6.57191 | 16.0055 |
| 2/9/2016 | 0.892736 | 3.89616 | 78.2701 | 67.9629 | 6.57341 | 16.1157 |
| 2/10/2016 | 0.888489 | 3.89701 | 78.7209 | 67.9187 | 6.57314 | 16.0198 |
| 2/11/2016 | 0.885288 | 3.93096 | 79.4906 | 68.0291 | 6.57348 | 15.903 |
| 2/12/2016 | 0.885464 | 3.97522 | 79.533 | 68.2232 | 6.57396 | 15.861 |
| 2/15/2016 | 0.890435 | 3.99512 | 78.1854 | 68.1741 | 6.54062 | 15.8232 |
| 2/16/2016 | 0.894984 | 4.01073 | 77.4658 | 68.2337 | 6.51918 | 15.7666 |
| 2/17/2016 | 0.89695 | 4.03219 | 76.7186 | 68.4053 | 6.52687 | 15.7153 |
| 2/18/2016 | 0.898643 | 4.01449 | 75.7883 | 68.4566 | 6.52265 | 15.5296 |
| 2/19/2016 | 0.899642 | 4.02047 | 76.511 | 68.6048 | 6.51937 | 15.4286 |
| 2/22/2016 | 0.901868 | 4.00549 | 76.1207 | 68.6481 | 6.52423 | 15.3606 |
| 2/23/2016 | 0.905564 | 3.96671 | 75.9071 | 68.6004 | 6.52624 | 15.2429 |
| 2/24/2016 | 0.908011 | 3.96104 | 76.4987 | 68.5687 | 6.52624 | 15.3225 |
| 2/25/2016 | 0.907719 | 3.95693 | 76.3305 | 68.6116 | 6.52624 | 15.538 |
| 2/26/2016 | 0.90808 | 3.96051 | 75.6144 | 68.7065 | 6.52624 | 15.7092 |
| 2/29/2016 | 0.913724 | 3.98133 | 75.4802 | 68.5872 | 6.54423 | 15.9313 |
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