Fortunately, the recent threat of a downgrade of Inda’s sovereign credit rating – which would have made it difficult to finance the current-account deficit – has led to a government reshuffle and a shift in policies. The key political change was the appointment of a new finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, whose selection by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi sent a strong positive signal to the Indian business community and to financial markets.
幸运的是，印度主权债务评级的降级威胁——有可能使其难以为经常项目赤字融资——已促使政府重新制定和改变政策。关键的政治改变是任命了新财政部长奇丹巴拉姆（Palaniappan Chidambaram），总理辛格和国大党党首索尼娅·甘地选择他相当于向投资界和金融市场释放了一个积极的信号。