Page 41 - Economy

Major growth in road projects can be disastrous for economy: Study

"Many roads that are planned for wet, swampy or mountainous regions should not be built, and that is based only on economic criteria," said William Laurance

GDP growth slows to 5.7% in Q1, FY18

Addressing the NDC implementation challenge to mitigate climate change

Governments, think-tanks, industry & academia will have to work together to surmount this challenge

Job creation rate not in sync with GDP growth a concern for India

While the country needs 15 million new jobs every year, only 7 million jobs are created annually

Our global 24/7 economy and the wealth of nations

A market that works relentlessly, 24 hours a day and seven days a week is called 24/7 economy

These economies are getting more miserable this year

Venezuela tops the list again, but it's the moves in the middle that matter

Feb services PMI shows growth after 3 months

A reading above 50 signifies expansion, while one below that shows contraction

Praveen Rawal: Transformation awaits workspace

The need for progressive workplace is emerging as crucial in growth markets

Devangshu Datta: The rate effect and why equity market could fall

Indian bond market is small and rigidly controlled and can't be called free or efficient market

India likely to be less affected by global economic shocks: IMF

India's economy is in a "fairly good shape" and it is likely to be less affected than other emerging economies if there is a further shock to the global economy, according to a senior official of the IMF. "We've seen pretty tepid global growth rates in the recent past. If there's any adverse shock to the global growth and thereby global demand, we think India will not be unaffected but will be less affected than other countries which rely on exports and trade far more than India does," Paul A Cashin, Assistant Director in IMF's Asia & Pacific Department, and mission chief of India, told PTI. "Until demonetisation there was very healthy consumption spending in India, which was basically propelling economic growth. India has an inward domestically demand-oriented economy, which is good when global growth factors are not exactly healthy," he said. "That's why we think India will be, I'm not going to say immune, but less affected than other emerging economies if there's a further ..

Economy to grow more than 7% in FY18, says Shaktikanta Das

Despite the global headwinds, Das said India's growth remains much stronger

Economy isn't a trained monkey to jump if you lower rates: Aswath Damodaran

Demonetisation is unlikely to destabilise economy as expected by some experts, says Damodaran

Statistician-speak: TCA Anant

Effect of demonetisation can be a long term one, says TCA Anant

Confidence in Asia declines owing to sluggish demand, political uncertainty: Survey

Firms also flagged political uncertainty, including that brought by the election of Trump to the U S presidency

India projected to grow 7.6 per cent in 2017: UN report

The ongoing structural reforms are also expected to benefit private investment in India

India ranked 102nd on enabling cross border trade: WEF

Among the Brics nations, India, China and South Africa have improved their ranking from the previous edition

India's income will go up by 27% with women participation: IMF

Better opportunities for women also promote diversity and reduce economic inequality around the world, IMF said

India seen as sole bright spot in troubled global economy: Birender Singh

Singh said in 2015 India became the world's third largest producer of steel

Declining exports leading to loss of jobs

The negative impact on employment generation was more visible on sectors like gems and jewellery, textiles and apparels etc, says an Assocham study

India-Egypt set trade target of $ 8 billion

As a $ 286 billion economy with around 89 million consumers (the second largest in Africa), Egypt offer huge potential for Indian companies