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Downgrade bludgeons IT cos but no decline in demand: Expert

Andrew Bartels, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research believes the US downgrade will have a significant psychological impact on the global business environment, especially, the IT sector.

August 10, 2011 / 11:44 IST
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Andrew Bartels, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research believes the US downgrade will have a significant psychological impact on the global business environment, especially, the IT sector. IT stocks have suffered the maximum since the downgrade since they have about 60% exposure to the US market. They have also warned that the US and Europe are likely to see weak growth in 2011 and 2012.

Below is a verbatim transcript of his interview with CNBC-TV18

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