Page 36 - Economic Slowdown

India not facing 5% slowdown, we are the fastest growing economy: Govt

The Union minister of state for finance said India continues to the fastest growing economy in the world even though many countries in the world are facing economic slowdown.

Modi govt's doctrine of governance behind economic slowdown: Manmohan Singh

India's large economy can not be directed at will or managed by managing colourful headlines, wrote the former PM

Backed by technology, banks beat economic slowdown by hiring more

Some are using artificial intelligence to identify the right candidate. Federal Bank, for instance

Unlike Modi govt, we have put money in people's pockets: Chhattisgarh CM

Our biggest achievement has been a drop in naxal violence by 40 per cent, says Baghel

India Inc Q2 profit at 15-yr low on record telco losses, net sales dip 0.8%

Combined earnings plunge 68% YoY to Rs 36,500 crore

FMCG, retail stand poles apart in Q3 amid ongoing economic slowdown

Outlook for staples bleak, discretionary confident

NCAER pegs India's FY20 GDP growth at 4.9% as slowing demand weighs

Forecast lowest among recent predictions

Q2 FY20 GDP growth likely to dip to 4.9% over sustained slowdown: NCAER

NCAER said the monetary policy measures are unlikely to revive growth at this juncture and suggested providing fiscal stimulus, which too can be challenging

Economy doing fine, people getting married, airports full: Minister

"Every three years there is fall in demand in economy. It is a cycle. Then the economy picks up also," he added

In October, India's diesel demand fell at steepest annual rate in 3 years

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose 8.9% in October from a year earlier, to 2.54 million tonnes

Economic slowdown: Congress meet on Saturday to plan nationwide agitation

The Congress plans to hold this national protest in Delhi soon

Amid economic slowdown, Moody's lowers India's 2019 growth forecast to 5.6%

Revises prediction from 6.2%, says slump lasting longer than expected

Auto slowdown: Component makers, vehicle manufacturers differ on recovery

Passenger vehicle (PV) sales fell around 20 per cent year-on-year in the April to October period, first seven months of this financial year

Slowdown blues for liquor: Consumption took a beating in September quarter

Experts are of the opinion that though the second half of this financial year will see some recovery, volume growth is likely to remain in single digit

At 4.6% in Oct, retail inflation breaches RBI comfort level after 15 months

But core inflation, which excludes the volatile components of food and fuel, stood at 3.3 per cent in October; this is its lowest in eight years

Rupee falls to over 2-month low on weak economic data, crosses 72 a dollar

Dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against major global currencies, rose 0.05% to 98.35

India's multiple asymmetries

Till the current self-created economic slowdown ends, we can safely wallow in India's greatness in a mythical golden age when we apparently knew all about nuclear weapons and plastic surgery

Economic slowdown, falling industrial demand hurting power consumption

Gujarat saw 1.1% fall in demand, Maharashtra 2.63% in April-September period

Why economists watered down India's July-Sept growth estimate to 4.2-4.7%

State Bank of India (SBI) joins global agencies such as the ADB, World Bank, OECD, RBI and the IMF in downgrading India's FY20 growth rates

Come clean on fisc

Govt must not conceal how slowdown is impacting revenue