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Weekly economic signals: Internet speeds hit highs, grocery visits rebound

Other indicators such as power generation and visits pharmacy stores also point to increased activity, though the overall picture suggests a return normalcy is still in process

India's Covid-19 pandemic fiscal cost lowest among major nations: Report

Business Standard's own calculations suggest that the Centre's fiscal impact amounts to around Rs 2.28 trillion, or around 1.2 per cent of GDP.

Unlocking India

Green shoots can barely hide the economic pain

The oil factor

The surplus should not be a cause for any celebration

Recovering from the Covid epidemic

The fiscal conservatism of the finance ministry means growth revival will take longer and may not be seen till late in the next fiscal year or even later

Morgan Stanley economists double down on V-shape global recovery

The economists said they expect global GDP growth will trough at -8.6 per cent year on year in the second quarter

Rating rationale

India must walk the talk on deep structural reforms

Minimum economic security is not unaffordable

In the concluding part, the author lays down the fiscal arithmetic for an illustrative UBI supplement in India

GDP: Growth vs levels

India's GDP is unlikely to recover to its 2019-20 level until the second half of 2021-22

Covid-19 crisis: Test for steel industry as domestic demand shrinks

Shrinking domestic demand offers the industry the chance to become globally competitive

GDP: The devil is in the revisions

Six iterations of annual data over a three-year period raise serious questions about the reliability of national income data as a basis for sound policymaking

Best of BS Opinion: Clarity for FDI, rising discom debt, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Getting the growth back?

It would be a major miracle if the economy does not contract this year

Maxim of the fish: New MSME norms may not be a blessing for small business

Enhancing the investment and turnover limits for MSMEs was overdue, but the smaller units will have serious reservations

Vocal for local initiative is not xenophobic, says BJP's Sanju Verma

Big bang reforms have been the norm under Modi government, writes Sanju Verma

Intuition, not prediction

The Covid crisis makes "data driven" projections inaccurate, as the past provides zero guidance for the future.

India coronavirus dispatch: The human body's immune response to the virus

From India's first non-agri-driven recession, to Parliament missing in action, and why study suggests blood cancer patients usually survive Covid-19 - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Worrying macro dynamics

Growth in govt spending is leading to fiscal stress, crowding out

The problem of tax buoyancy

The Union government's tax buoyancy has never been very high

Untested Covid control

Will the strategy of society instead of the State controlling the virus be tested by rising deaths?