The fifth bi-monthly meeting of the MPC of the RBI in the current fiscal was billed to be a non-event since just about everyone was
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RBI Monetary Policy-| साताचे साडेतीन | Loksatta
लनवाढीची शक्यता नाही म्हणून व्याजदर कपातीची शक्यता रिझव्र्ह बँक व्यक्त करीत नाही, ही बाब पुरेशी बोलकी ठरते. ‘डोळ्याच्या बदल्यात डोळा हे सूडनाटय़ सुरू राहिले तर
G-20 विसांचे यशापयश | Maharashtra Times
विसांचे यशापयश जगभरातील मोठी, तसेच उभरती अर्थव्यवस्था असलेल्या देशांच्या गटाची (जी-ट्वेंटी) अर्जेंटिनातील ब्यूनॉस आयर्स येथील परिषदेत बहुपक्षीय व्यापाराबद्दल अखेर सहमती झाल्याने ती काही प्रमाणात यशस्वी
If no China trade deal possible, “I am a Tariff Man”: Donald Trump – The Economic Times
Trump has long accused China of unfair trade practices that hurt Americans and the U.S. economy. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out the possibility of
Union Budget: Overestimation of tax revenues results in unrealistic deficit targets – The Financial Express
ven with all these, we continue to treat the deficit targets as sanctimonious! Over the years, the various “innovations” made to contain deficits have cast
Tackling farm distress | Business Standard Editorials
The genesis of the farmers’ unending distress, reflected in recurring protests, can be traced to their poor earnings and the government’s failure to provide an
G 20 Not without purpose | Business Standard Editorials
Cynics view global summits as little more than international photo-ops that offer world leaders a chance to press the flesh and mingle with the great
Retail fuel prices: What the govt must learn from oil marketing firms | Business Standard Column
Brent crude oil prices reached a high of $85 a barrel on October 9, 2018. Since then, they have fallen to about $60 a barrel. This is
Credit to small businesses up five-fold to Rs 1.23 trn post GST: SBI report | Business Standard News
Economists at the country’s largest lender, SBI, on Tuesday termed concerns on credit supply to small businesses as a “myth” and said the sector has
Farm-loan waivers turn nightmare for banks – The Hindu BusinessLine
The increasing demand for farm-loan waivers and slippages in existing loan repayments by farmers in anticipation of write-offs are giving banks a nightmare. Apart from
Direct tax collections on course to meet Budget Estimates: CBDT chief – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Centre’s direct tax collections are booming and are on course to meet the Budget Estimates for 2018-19, a top CBDT official said. For the
DeMo: govt can’t hide truth anymore | Deccan Herald
When the government withdraws a report it had submitted to a parliamentary panel and replaces it with another report that directly contradicts the first one,
GDP back series row: ET Exclusive: MoSPI, NITI Aayog’s collaboration for GDP back series not inappropriate, says Rajiv Kumar – The Economic Times
By Rajiv Kumar The base year of national accounts statistics (NAS) is periodically revised to account for the structural changes that have taken place in the economy
Black Money: Demonetisation was ineffective in checking black money: Former CEC OP Rawat
After former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian’s comments on demonetisation, now recently-retired Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat has said that note ban was ineffective in checking
GST: Modi government to change customs duty architecture to boost trade, ease of doing business
After rolling out the most comprehensive indirect tax reform – the goods and services tax – the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is set to unleash the next
CAD may widen to 3% in September quarter on higher crude prices, gold imports: ICRA – The Economic Times
India’s current account deficit is likely to rise to 3 per cent of GDP in the July-September quarter of current fiscal, from 2.4 per cent
MSE: Three years on, bank credit to MSEs continue to shrink
The share of bank credit to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) has been shrinking since three years — from 5.9% in October 2015 to 4.5%
Beyond a rate cut | Business Standard Editorials
As the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) began its three-day review of the monetary policy on Monday, it must be grappling with a dramatically
Potential unemployment rate 8.9% in November 2018 | Business Standard Column
Labour market metrics improved a tad in November 2018 compared to their levels in October 2018. But, in essence they remain dismal. The unemployment rate was lower
G20 avoids commitment on free trade – a climb-down from 2017 | Business Standard News
The G20 meeting that concluded over the weekend was significant as it elicited hopes of a resolution of the ongoing and intensifying US-Sino trade war, which in