In its 'Global Macro Outlook 2021-22 report, Moody's says India's economy has rebounded quickly from one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, which also came with steepest fall in GDP in Q2

Foreign portfolio investment (FPIs) pumped in Rs 24,204 crore into Indian equities and Rs 761 crore in the debt segment, taking the total net investment to Rs 24,965 crore during February 1-19

Private wealth creators are solely responsible for India's banking stress; increasingly fleeing India with their wealth and bank loans, and those making huge profits are doing so by cutting jobs and wages

Stock Market News Updates Today: ONGC, SBI, Power Grid, RIL, NTPC, ITC, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, RIL, TCS and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, HUL, HDFC, Airtel and L&T were among the top losers today

Little attention to direct income support, health and education deprivations, and revival of small businesses will keep the demand and production of goods and services depressed in FY22

With a cohesive effort from both public and private players, the Indian bio-pharma industry has the potential to unlock tremendous growth over the next few years

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

Nifty 50, that is already trading in the overbought zone, fell from the key level of 14K today. With today's fall, the equity market has turned negative year-to-date as Sensex and Nifty fell 0.71 and 0.16%, respectively

Gopinath says India's strict lockdown had an impact on the economy, including a very large contraction in first quarter of fiscal year

China recovering fast ahead of most big economies: IMF China is recovering fast ahead of most large economies, but the recovery is still unbalanced and facing significant downside risks, the IMF has said, projecting an eight per cent growth rate for the world's second largest economy in 2021. The main concern around the Chinese recovery that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has is the lack of balance. Bird flu: Chicken demand nosedives; mutton prices reach Rs 800 per kgAs bird flu s...

According to a note issued by Niti Aayog after the meeting, all the attendants agreed that high frequency indicators are showing signs of a strong economic recovery, and that too earlier than expected

A pick-up in luxury real estate has been the silver lining from the pandemic crisis, and with almost everyone banking on a sharp V-shaped recovery with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccination, 2021 is poised to be a strong one, for high-value home transactions

The world's second-largest economy is likely to grow 7.9% in 2021, accelerating from expected 1.9% growth in 2020, the IMF said in the conclusion of its annual economic consultation with China

How the FM can make it a 'never before' Budget. Top experts weigh in

I would think 2021-22 will be very big, good traction year for achieving a really good rate of growth that itself is going to be a launching pad for 4-5 years of growing at a good speed, provided we do enough on the budget and spend on infrastructure, said the Finance Minister

Ashima Goyal, who has been appointed as member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said there is progress on many reforms and that will make higher long-run growth sustainable

As India marches from one economic disaster to another, policy and planning appear to be victims of whims and fancies as and when they strike

This is a nebulous idea designed to mean anything and everything under the sun without the burden of economic logic, facts and evidence

Multiple factors are responsible for this; some are well-known, like data fudging and man-made disasters of demonetisation, GST, and stringent lockdown; others are lost sight of, like lack of institutional support and intellectual rigour and frivolous approach to serious crisis

In May, the Centre had announced a Rs 20 lakh crore 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' stimulus to help the nation tide over the economic crisis induced by coronavirus