India Quarterly GDP Growth Lowest in 10 Years During the first quarter of FY 2013 (April-June), India's GDP grew 5.5 percent over the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year, the slowest it has been in a decade. This deceleration is the result of lackluster growth in manufacturing (0.2 percent against 7.3 percent in Q1 of FY 2012), agriculture (2.9 percent against 3.7 percent in Q1 of FY 2012), trade, hotels, transport and communication (4 percent against 13.8 percent in Q1 of FY 2012), and electricity, gas and water supply (6.3 percent against 8 percent in Q1 of FY 2012). However, the following sectors did show growth: mining and quarrying (0.1 percent against -0.2 percent in Q1 of FY 2012), construction (10.9 percent against...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.