Page 11 - Economic Slowdown

Inflation targeting: Indian experience may have lessons for the world

Rather than butting heads with the fiscal authority, or meekly toeing its line, the central bank should insist on pragmatic, rules-based cooperation

Weak demand continues to be a main challenge for companies: Survey

More companies (5 percentage points) now expect the economy to come to normal levels in one year than in June

What slowdown? Amazon set to hire 33,000 people over the next months

In the latest sign of how it's prospering while others are faltering during the pandemic, Amazon said it is seeking to bring aboard 33,000 people for corporate and tech roles in the next few months

Will India's growth potential slip below rates achieved in 1980s and '90s?

The forces causing the growth slowdown and rising inequality were there before Covid-19, and these trends are now getting accentuated, writes T N Ninan

Signs of economic revival as UP revenue collection jumps 6.74% in August

After sluggish mop up in April and May, state earnings have been improved with revenue collection in July at Rs 10,675 crore, or 97% of the level achieved the same month a year ago

A social contract for economic recovery

The case for cooperation on GST

India reeling under 'Modi-made disasters': Rahul on economic slowdown

Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian has said the economy was "experiencing a V-shaped recovery" after the lockdown was eased

Kashmir can be a model for sustainable economies of tomorrow: Haseeb Drabu

Haseeb Drabu was the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2015 to 2018. He tells Aditi Phadnis the government needs to cast a fresh eye on the state's economic development

Monetary Policy Committee is just a cosmetic addition, not suited to India

Tackling inflation with monetary policy is like trying to move boulders with eyebrow tweezers

Q1 GDP data released today: Key things to note

This is the first instance of an economic contraction for the country in at least four decades, and also the first GDP decline since India began publishing quarterly numbers in 1996

First economic contraction in 4 decades: India's GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1, FY21

The first economic contraction since 1980, and maiden quarterly GDP fall on record, follows limited activity during the June quarter amid lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic

Japan factory output rises but retail sales down amid fragile recovery

But retail sales fell for a fifth straight month and at a somewhat faster pace, a worrying sign for private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the world's third-largest economy

Agri sector silver lining for FY21 amid economic slowdown: NABARD chief

Chintala said one of the prescriptions for lifting the economy out of a slowdown was to put in place a strategy that leverages its latent strength

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Economy reviving, no need to extend moratorium, say SFBs

Heads of top small finance banks stress on the need to be more flexible in the current scenario and back 'emotional banking'

Q1 snapshot of the Indian economy: Attaining recovery will be a long haul

The severity of contraction in economic activities due to Covid-19 is declining, but sustainable recovery is far away still. A K Bhattacharya explains the problems and positives for the Indian economy

Marking out the markets as coronavirus makes economic recovery uncertain

While coronavirus cases keep rising in India, there could be more lockdowns to contain the coronavirus as the economy sputters back to life. Devangshu Datta predicts where the markets could be headed

Oil prices bolstered by bigger-than-expected drop in US crude stocks

Brent crude was up 15 cents, or 0.3%, at $44.65 a barrel by 0206 GMT, after falling around 1% on Tuesday

Reserve Bank's silence on record India bond sales leaves traders baffled

The yield on the India's benchmark 10-year bond has stayed around 5.80 per cent since mid-May after falling by more than 70 basis points this year

Telcos defy Covid-19, see strong revenue growth on higher data usage: Fitch

Revenue market share continues to consolidate with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel as Vodafone Idea loses 10 million users per quarter

Oil prices slip on uncertainty over US recovery, stimulus, rising Covid-19

WTI and Brent are both set for weekly gains of at least 4%, the most for the two benchmark contracts since the week ending July 3