GDP for the first quarter is negative but share market is recovered to the level of pre lockdown. If the economy is declining, why share market is recovering?
In the last week, we have read that Indian economy has reported negative GDP of -23%. At the same time during the last 6 months, we have also read about the recovery of the share market. My inquisitive readers are definitely questions like 1. If there was no production or service activity in the economy, how share market is recovered? 2. If the share market is rising in spite of the nil activity, does it mean that there is no relation in the GDP, economical activities and share market trend? Let’s understand the meaning of the GDP i.e Gross Domestic Product in the simple manner. GDP at market prices = GVA at basic prices + Product taxes- Product subsidies From the above equation, it’s very important to understand the meaning of GVA for understanding the concept of the GDP apart from taxes and subsidies part Gross value added is the measure of total value of goods and services produced in the econo...