Budget 2020 comes in the wake of very low expectations. For most, businesses would be happier if Budget 2020 didn't harm them any further after the DeMo and GST shocks

2020 Union Budget date, time, when to watch, expectations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second budget on February 1; expectations are high that Centre could raise income tax slabs to boost demand

Part II of this two-part article looks at some of the solutions that present themselves and address the pressing concerns of raising income and demand - that include raising minimum wages, expanding the job guarantee scheme, higher government investment in infrastructure etc. both as short-run and long-run measures

The Central government would do well to spend more, keeping fiscal consolidation aside when consumption demand is depressed and unemployment is high, leading to a fall in industrial production, profits and investments.Part I of this two-part series looks at the ground realities from a policy perspective and solutions that always existed but received inadequate attention of policymakers

RBI has cut rates by a total of 135 basis points in five moves in 2019 and shocked markets by holding rates steady at its December meeting

WPI inflation increases: Onions, which saw prices peak in December, observed an inflation rate of 455.8 per cent against 172.3 per cent in November

The CPI inflation, also known as retail inflation, hit a 40-month high of 5.54 per cent in November; in July 2014, the CPI was 7.39 per cent, a tad higher than December 2019's number of 7.35 per cent

The fresh call comes just months after the RBI approved a Rs 1,76,000 crore dividend payment to the federal government, including Rs 1,48,000 crore for the current fiscal year

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HDFC home loan rates cut: New rates will now range between 8.20 per cent and 9 per cent, and the change will benefit all existing customers, it said

State Bank of India was the first bank to link its loan products, including home loans, to an external benchmark. The public sector lender had chosen to use RBI's repo rate as the benchmark for their home loans

Indian Bank said its one-year MCLR is lowered to 8.30 per cent, while overnight MCLR has been cut by 5 bps to 7.90 per cent

SBI also said that new home buyers would now be able to get loans at an interest rate of 7.90 per cent per annum as compared to the earlier 8.15 per cent

Innovation in products will be the key factor, be it banking, mutual funds, insurance or loans

Bond yields have been rising since the RBI unexpectedly left its key repo rate unchanged earlier this month, even as it slashed its forecast for economic growth to its lowest in over a decade

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

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

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

Contrary to the market's current optimism that growth has likely bottomed, Nomura believes it will slide further

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%