As the markets enter the new fiscal year, they are keenly eyeing the outcome of the general elections back home and the policies that the new government may unveil. SAION MUKHERJEE, managing director and head of equity research for India at Nomura tells Puneet Wadhwa in a one-on-one chat in Mumbai that sticky inflation and delay in rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve can emerge as a concern for the markets. Edited excerpts:
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