Expect direct hit on India’s GDP of around 20 to 30 bps: Keki Mistry The RBI policy announcements today have been on expected lines. India may also get to offset the direct impact on… August 6, 2025 20:33 IST
Rate-cut expectations low Some negative impact on growth can’t be ruled out after almost a year of elevated real rates. August 4, 2025 01:00 IST
Easy regime to communicate It is important that any change ensures continuity and any revision is easy to communicate. July 5, 2025 01:00 IST
Remove the haziness The statistics ministry’s efforts to plug data gaps are commendable. June 30, 2025 21:28 IST
Google Trends: GDP growth to fiscal deficit, 4 most searched economic terms From Q4 GDP growth surge and RBI’s surprise rate cut to easing retail inflation and narrowing fiscal deficit—here are the… June 21, 2025 18:14 IST
Beneath headline inflation lies a cautionary tale for policymakers Despite headline CPI inflation falling to a 69-month low, rising core and super-core inflation signal underlying price pressures. With global… May 19, 2025 03:00 IST
Can Nifty rally past 25,000 after India-Pakistan ceasefire? Nifty eyes 25,000 after India-Pakistan ceasefire; watch key levels for market momentum. Will the rally persist? May 12, 2025 09:02 IST
Bond yields at a 3-Year low. Will interest rates move further down? The 10-year benchmark G-Sec yield has softened noticeably in the past couple of months. Currently, bond yields in the Indian… April 29, 2025 18:13 IST
In FY25, bears bared fangs but bulls managed to hold ground Despite steep correction, broader indices managed to give positive real returns in FY25 Updated: March 31, 2025 14:59 IST
Separate e-commerce inflation index likely The Ministry of Statistics plans a new inflation index tracking e-commerce prices, aiming to better capture price trends and consumption… March 21, 2025 21:08 IST
‘Private capex just refuses to move, it’s a crisis of confidence’, Pronab Sen “Cheap imports (from tariff cuts for the US) could directly threaten sales of domestic agriculture products in urban rather than… Updated: March 19, 2025 09:29 IST
Households spend slightly more on food items in 2023-24 The estimates of MPCE of 2023-24 are based on the data collected from 261,953 households (154,357 in rural areas and… December 28, 2024 06:00 IST
Include PDS items in new CPI basket: Analysts At an event held on Wednesday, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said the value of the items distributed under… November 21, 2024 01:20 IST
Core inflation seen below 3% in May, say economists Low input costs and weak private consumption Updated: March 19, 2024 11:51 IST
CPI inflation likely eased to 4-month low of 5% in Feb: FE poll According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), food inflation likely ebbed to 7.9% in February from 8.3% the… March 9, 2024 03:45 IST
Take Five: Another bout of Bitcoin fever Various crypto executives were hit with criminal charges and regulators stepped up their warnings about the risks March 8, 2024 17:00 IST
Food’s weight in inflation index to drop 5 pps with latest consumption survey In the current CPI series, with base year 2012, ‘food and beverages’ carry a weight of 45.9%. The group in… March 4, 2024 02:00 IST
Modest decline in food’s share in consumption, not to impact on CPI much: Varma Saggar expects rate cuts to take place during August or September meetings of the MPC, provided there are no more… February 27, 2024 05:45 IST
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