Page 13 - Economy

Govt bent on meeting fiscal deficit goal, more steps to narrow CAD: Jaitley

He said the government has cut the borrowing target for the current fiscal by Rs 700 billion

Incumbents vs insurgents

Regulatory cholesterol reduces competition, increases inequality and hurts job creation without helping workers

The state of the economy

The IMF has argued for fiscal and monetary prudence. But for accelerating growth India should be prudent about such prudence

Meet Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic advisor in the finance ministry

More CEOs in India confident of global economy than home turf: Survey

The increasing protectionism, specially in erstwhile bastions of free enterprise, has led 36% CEOs to become cautious about geographic expansion in developed countries

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