Economy

Economy

05 February, 2019

Indian services activity slows for a second month in January

Growth in India’s dominant services sector weakened for a second month in January but firms accelerated hiring despite waning demand, ......

Economy

04 February, 2019

FDI equity inflows decline 11% for April-September period

Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows in India declined 11% year-on-year in dollar terms for the first half of the ......

Economy

04 February, 2019

India's fiscal deficit narrows in April-December

India's April-December fiscal deficit narrowed to 7.01 trillion rupees ($97.80 billion), or 112.4 percent of the budgeted target for the ......

Economy

01 February, 2019

Budget 2019: Highlights

Acting finance minister Piyush Goyal on Friday presented the interim budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, which begins in April. ......

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Economy

31 January, 2019

Could doubts over India's economic and jobs data erode investor confidence?

Earlier this week, two of the country’s top statisticians--PC Mohanan, the chief of the National Statistical Commission and his colleague ......

Economy

31 January, 2019

US Fed keeps rates on hold, signals end of tightening in policy shift

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signalled its three-year-drive to tighten monetary policy may be at an end amid a suddenly ......

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Economy

25 January, 2019

Ahead of polls, does Modi govt have room to offer sops to large firms, investors?

In February 2015, finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in the second budget of the Narendra Modi government that the ......

Economy

24 January, 2019

Piyush Goyal to present budget as finance minister Arun Jaitley faces surgery

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will not present the government’s crucial interim budget next week because he is expected to undergo ......

Economy

15 January, 2019

India's trade deficit narrows to 10-month low in December

India's trade deficit narrowed to $13.08 billion in December, the lowest in 10 months, on a fall in gold imports ......

Economy

14 January, 2019

India's retail inflation drops to 2.19% in December; WPI inflation at eight-month low

India's retail inflation rate dropped to 2.19 percent in December from a year earlier, the lowest level since June 2017, ......