Inflation
General
Inflation picks pace again, up 6.46% in September
India’s headline inflation captured by wholesale price index (WPI) rose 6.46 per cent last month, higher than analyst expectations and ......
Consumer
Banks to offer cheap loans for bikes, fridges
Indian banks will offer cheaper loans to stimulate demand for two-wheelers and other consumer durables as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ......
General
Govt sets the ball rolling for pay hike for central government employees from 2016
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given his assent to the constitution of a new pay commission which would raise the ......
General
Surprise is the name of the game
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sprung a huge surprise today in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy. The central ......
General
Inflation rises 6.1% in August as food prices soar
India's headline inflation shot to a six-month high in August, driven by a 245 per cent annual jump in onion ......
General
Rising inflation raises stakes in rupee defence
India paid the price for a rupee lodged near record lows as inflation accelerated to a five-month high in July, ......
General
WPI inflation inches up to 4.86% in June
India's headline inflation picked up for the first time in four months in June, driven by higher food prices, adding ......
Others
Inflation eases to 4.7% in May but rate cut could be elusive
The headline inflation slowed for a fourth straight month in May to 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, but ......
General
RBI to launch inflation indexed bonds to discourage gold investment
The Reserve Bank of India has said on Wednesday it will launch bonds linked to inflation rate every month to ......
General
The Golden rule? Thoughts on gold as an investment
Paraphrasing Winston Churchill, gold is a "riddle, wrapped up in a mystery inside an enigma", at least as far as ......