Category: Economy
*****Stock market slowdown tests new investors amid FPI selling pressure | Editorial Comment – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/mounting-losses-125012901636_1.html Part of the pressure on the currency is due to continuous selling by FPIs. In the last four months (including January) FPIs have
*****Weaker rupee seen as boost for exports, but reality is more complex: FIEO | Economy & Policy News – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/weaker-rupee-may-boost-exports-but-challenges-complicate-reality-fieo-prez-125012401292_1.html Explaining it further, he said, that if the rupee depreciates by 2 per cent and the currencies of key competitors decline by 3-5
*****Budget 2025-26: Five key focus areas to accelerate growth amid uncertainty | Expert Views – Business Standard
lipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/budget-2025-26-five-key-focus-areas-to-accelerate-growth-amid-uncertainty-125012301560_1.html A push to manufacturing through these clusters will help us capitalise on the China-plus-one opportunity presented globally Listen to This Article The Union
*****Echoes of the 1980s: Inflation, wars, and slowing growth resurface globally | Expert Views – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/echoes-of-the-1980s-inflation-wars-and-slowing-growth-resurface-globally-125012401665_1.html The decade was also marked by the so-called “Star Wars”. This was an American effort to bankrupt the USSR by pretending to develop
*******Bad economics is corrupting politics, undermining good governance in India | Economy & Policy Analysis – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/economy/analysis/bad-economics-is-corrupting-politics-undermining-good-governance-in-india-125011900471_1.html Economic reformers should not remain beholden to free-market ideologies, corporate lobbies, or the sentiments of fickle stock markets Arun Maira is former member,
*******A macro tightrope walk: Balancing domestic slowdown, global challenges
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-macro-tightrope-walk-balancing-domestic-slowdown-global-challenges-125011601528_1.html The challenge for macro policy is to respond to the domestic slowdown without appearing to let its guard down against a hostile global
*******Misguided rhetoric on rupee: Clearing doubts on depreciation, RBI action
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/misguided-rhetoric-on-rupee-clearing-doubts-on-depreciation-rbi-action-125011601556_1.html Let us look at the data. We find out technically that there was a regime shift in terms of movements in the value
*Commerce dept seeks to extend 2 export schemes ahead of Union Budget | Budget 2024 News – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/commerce-dept-seeks-to-extend-2-export-schemes-ahead-of-union-budget-125011601066_1.html The commerce department is now seeking an additional allocation of Rs 1,600-1,700 crore, which will allow the government to drag the scheme till
*****India to remain fastest-growing large economy in FY26, FY27: World Bank | Economy & Policy News – Business Standard
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/india-to-remain-fastest-growing-large-economy-in-fy26-fy27-world-bank-125011601478_1.html The global economy is projected to expand by 2.7 per cent in both 2025 and 2026, the same pace as in 2024, as
*****A piece of my mind: Budget should target 4% fiscal deficit, trade pacts
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-piece-of-my-mind-budget-should-target-4-fiscal-deficit-trade-pacts-125011501464_1.html In India, after unprecedented 6% drop in real GDP in 2020-21 because of Covid and lockdowns, there was a remarkably strong recovery in
*US inflation rate rises in December, focus shifts to FOMC meeting now – Investing Abroad News | The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-us-inflation-rate-rises-in-december-focus-shifts-to-fomc-meeting-now-3716165/?ref=hometop_hp Despite gradual progress in reducing inflation, the Federal Reserve’s 2% target remains elusive. US inflation rate rises in December, focus shifts to FOMC
*New credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs soon, says DFS Secretary Nagaraju – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/new-credit-guarantee-scheme-for-msmes-soon-says-dfs-secretary-nagaraju/article69081476.ece Govt likely to soon implement budget announcement on MSMEs; Centre keen to further ramp up rural credit The government will soon launch a