The market remained positive despite concerns of rising inflation and weakness in growth indicators. The benchmark index rose 1.4 per cent for the week

The Board's discussions focussed on issues related to urban cooperative banks, extension of Enforcement Policy and Framework to cooperative banks and NBFCs, the RBI said in a statement

With retail inflation rising for the last four months, the RBI may find it difficult to cut rates going foward

On pending compensation cess disbursal to states, FM Nirmala Sitharamam said that there is no review being done in the current structure

At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 70.54, then gained further ground and touched a high of 70.50, registering a rise of 33 paise over its previous close

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The consumer price index (CPI) rate hit a 40-month high of 5.54 per cent in November, breaching the RBI's medium-term target of 4 per cent for the second consecutive month

The Indices of Industrial Production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors for the month of October 2019 declined 8.0 per cent, 2.1 per cent, and 12.2 per cent, respectively

Economists and analysts see a slow and arduous economic revival from here. But some say it can be accelerated

The current slowdown is the third slowdown since 1996 and will be the longest in the past 23 years if the next quarter's GDP is worse than 4.5%

The second and concluding part looks at how the quarterly GDP estimates use the organised sector indicators to measure the unorganised sector, which contributes nearly 50% to the GDP, thereby giving a misleading picture of the state of economic health

MPC wants to have a greater clarity on nature of fiscal measures Modi government is planning to take in Union Budget 2020-21 next year; it also wants to see a greater transmission key lending rates

The monetary policy panel under Shaktikanta Das has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent; the central bank says it'll continue with its 'accommodative' stance

Real wage in China is likely to grow at 2.9 per cent, down from 3.2 per cent last year and 4.2 per cent the year before. Meanwhile, Japan is expected to see a real-wage growth of 0.6 per cent

In five reductions by RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) so far in 2019, interest rates have been lowered by a total of 135 basis points over concerns that growth momentum is slowing down and also to try to boost liquidity in the financial system

The just released GDP data for the second quarter (July-September) shows that the growth has gone down to 4.5 per cent (the lowest in six years) from 5 per cent in the first quarter (April-June)

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RBI has cut rates by 135 basis points this year to 5.15%, but inflation has remained low by historical standards

Ind-Ra said that even GDP growth of 5.6 per cent will \"require heavy lifting by the government\". It warned that sticking to the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent could push GDP growth even below 5.6 per cent