Page 30 - Economic Slowdown

RBI acted ahead of time by cutting rates from Feb: Das on economic slowdown

The comments from Das come following a series of five consecutive rate cuts by RBI starting February this year by a cumulative 1.35 per cent

Why neglect exports?

India's exports are held back more by our inadequate policies than by any stagnation in world trade

Auto slowdown? These brands beat conventional wisdom to show early success

Kia Motors and MG Motor were from the automobile sector which was the flag-bearer of the downturn and yet both have made a mark

Lenders step up repossession of commercial vehicles on payment defaults

Data collated by the Delhi-based IFTRT shows that close to 50,000 commercial vehicles have been seized and are parked in the stockyards

We'll surf the slowdown wave, no plan to cut jobs: Tata Motors CEO Butschek

He added that if the company would have liked to take such a step then it would have taken it already

India's economy and BJP's ambitious political thrust on divergent tracks

The ruling party may have assumed the economy will revive on its own before next elections, but such facile belief can come unstuck if current directions are not reversed quickly, writes T N Ninan

Citizenship Bill amendment is a distraction from slowdown: Kamal Nath

The Act also proposes to give immunity to such refugees facing cases as illegal immigrants

DBS sees slow recovery for Indian economy, cuts GDP growth forecast to 5%

Weak growth has impacted revenue growth, compounding worries over an already weaker run-rate for tax revenues: DBS report.

Despite slowdown, air traffic grows fastest in November this year at 11.2%

About 1.2 crore passengers flew in November as compared to 1.1 crore in October

Economy resilient, no cause for apprehension on decline in GDP: Govt

Continuous liberalisation has led to an increase in inflows of foreign direct investment into the country.

S&P ratings sees debt downgrade for India if economic slide continues

Sovereign bonds slid after the report, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note rising 5 basis points to 6.76 per cent

I'm not worried over slow rate of India's GDP growth, says Pranab Mukherjee

He said Indian banks showed resilience during the financial crisis in 2008

India's credit crunch: Demand or supply?

Evidence of heightened risk aversion suggests a supply-shock has choked credit offtake

ADB trims India's FY20 growth forecast to 5.1%, cites consumption slowdown

ADB said growth should pick up to 6.5 per cent in the next fiscal year with supportive policies

Simplify I-T structure

That's the way to go for improving tax base, compliance

Real growth story to start next festive season: M&M Finance MD Ramesh Iyer

RAMESH IYER, vice-chairman and managing director of the company, tells Shreepad S Aute that NBFCs may not be able to cover the fall in loan sanctions in the second half

Could consumption really have fallen?

The leaked NSS consumption numbers have provoked a debate. While arguments by various sides are not really convincing there are some broad lessons

Brexit, slowdown drag UK economic growth to seven-year low before polls

The approach of a Brexit deadline and the global economic slowdown hit Britain's factories and construction industry during the month, official data showed

Key decisions likely to be taken at the GST Council meeting on Friday

The Council may reset the GST rates on automobiles, hotels, biscuits, matchsticks and outdoor catering services. Listen to the podcast to know more

Slowdown not systemic, need to correct asset prices: Deutsche Bank's Joshi

'We hold around €240 billion of liquidity reserves out of a net balance sheet of about a trillion', said Joshi