Tag Archives: retail inflation

Sensex Wealth Creation in Seven Charts

NEW DELHI: Pan-global ‘vaccine optimism’ and inflow of foreign funds (more than Rs 1.5 million lakh crore since January) continue to drive benchmark BSE sensex to new highs, with the index breaking the 47,000 mark on Friday. The gain came even as the Covid-hit economy entered a technical recession, with …

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Buyback rate was unchanged, GDP forecast improved

Maintaining the status quo for the third time in a row, the Reserve Bank of India decided on Friday to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4%, but maintained an accommodative stance, implying further rate cuts to come. if the need arises to support the economy hit by the …

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IIP hires 8% in August; retail inflation in September rises to 7.34%

New Delhi: Stung by the coronavirus pandemic, industrial production contracted 8 percent in August, mainly due to lower output from the manufacturing, mining and power generation sectors, official data showed on Monday. According to data from the Industrial Production Index (IIP), the production of the manufacturing sector registered a decrease …

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Narendra Modi’s Rare 20 lakh crore stimulus combines cunning geoeconomics with Swadeshi-coated reinforcement, but may not be a panacea for job growth

[ad_1] “Look at London, talk to Tokyo” is an expression that is sometimes used to describe a wink or a squint. But this could literally be a fitting metaphor for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Rs 20-lakh-crore stimulus announced to revive India’s economy affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind Modi’s obvious …

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