THROUGHOUT this decade, India’s household savings have steadily left the safety of bank deposits to chase returns in equities. This migration was supposed to provide a stable pool of risk capital to entrepreneurs and act as a shock absorber against fickle hot-money inflows from overseas.
The war in Iran has punched holes in this cheery thesis that a ceasefire may not mend.
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