Page 23 - Economic Slowdown

Economic growth likely to get a boost of 0.7 percentage points in FY20

According to advance estimates, the economy is projected to grow by 5% in the current fiscal year, which would be an 11-year low

Economic slowdown bottomed out, uptick from here onwards: Subramanian

Based on NSO's first advance estimates of GDP growth for 2019-20 at 5 per cent, an uptick in GDP growth is expected in the second half of the fiscal, it said.

Economic Survey: Sales of over 1.7k mfg firms contracted by 7.7% in Q2

Net profit for the manufacturing sector contracted in Q1 (June quarter) of 2019-20, mainly due to a production slowdown, it added

Economic survey: Slowdown bottomed out, uptick from here onwards, says CEA

The Economic Survey 2019-20, prepared by a team lead by Subramanian, has projected the GDP to expand in the range of 6-6.5 per cent during 2020-21

Economic Survey 2020 expects rebound in FY21 with GDP growth at 6-6.5%

Economic Survey projects economic growth at 6-6.5% in

fiscal year starting April 1.

PM urges MPs to 'give direction' to economy; Oppn speaks of slowdown, CAA

The PM urged members to see how the country can gain from the prevailing global economic scenario

With no sign of turnaround, NCR real estate market on tight belt

The second of a three-part series looks at how the overall economic slowdown and govt action on the debt-laden builders have altered the real estate landscape of Gurugram region

FMCGs scale-up rural distribution networks to combat economic slowdown

In view of the ongoing slowdown, which has impacted demand in rural India, ITC doubled its rural stockist network in the current fiscal year

Following a slow year, Lamborghini eyes double-digit sales in India in 2020

Agarwal said while the company is managing internal factors, external factors such as the general economic scenario in India is having an impact on sales growth

Calibrating the policy mix

The right fiscal-monetary-external balance must be achieved to nurture and harness a nascent recovery

Country could be passing through recession, says Abhijit Banerjee

The 58-year-old Indian-American economist said the banking and infrastructure sectors were in need of funding from the government

Budget may provide short-term stimulants to boost consumer demand: Report

Sitharaman will place the budget proposals on Saturday and all eyes are set on the government, which is likely to announce measures to revive the economic growth

Auto slowdown due to loan related issues, BS-VI transition: Tata Motors

"The sluggishness of the vehicle market in the country is going to be short-lived. We hope that sales of passenger vehicles will record pace by July-August before the festive season," Tata Motors said

Challenges before FM: Boosting growth, reining in fiscal deficit

Economic slowdown leaves Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with a difficult choice in her second Budget - whether to rein in fiscal deficit or widen ot to stimulate the economy

Banking sector under stress, govt can't bail it out, says Abhijit Banerjee

Banerjee also said that demand slowdown in the automobile sector also shows that people are lacking confidence in the economy.

Amid slow economic growth, India Inc's return on capital shows improvement

In FY16, return on invested capital for the BSE 500 companies was 10.45 per cent; at the end of FY19, it had improved to 11.55 per cent

Weak demand and slowing economy now cast their shadow on private banks

The periodic data from the Reserve Bank of India highlights how the slowdown is hurting the banking sector

Slowdown may offer buying opportunities

Consider buying stocks of companies that command brand loyalty

Slowing sales raise concern over level of inventories with companies

The data on companies' inventory, a balance sheet entry, is only reported on a half-yearly and annual basis and is not available for Q3

Budgetary over-reach: There is a price for trying to do too much in Budgets

The larger economy suffers more than the central govt, as New Delhi is allowed to get away with behaving arbitrarily and then hiding the reality behind bogus numbers, writes T N Ninan