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MSMEs will take 7-8 months to recover from Covid-19 impact: D&B economist

Traditional sectors like food, drugs, pharmaceutical, ITes (IT-enabled services), banking, retail, automotive, real estate and jewellery are witnessing moderate to high to severe impact

It is not too late, but it soon will be

The fragility of central government finances is partly legacy, part refusal to acknowledge and address the problem due to the lack of strategic vision and poor institutional capability

Beyond Ayodhya

BJP must now move on and build an inclusive India

Handling the dollar deluge

Diverging fiscal responses to the crisis can create serious macroeconomic challenges for countries globally

The joker in the pack

Government's fiscal headroom is crucially linked to a realistic assessment of its net revenue collection

The not so green shoots of rural revival

Rural rebound and its role in reviving the economy are overstated

As Covid-19 reaches hinterland, is India's rural growth story getting over?

A recent report by Credit Suisse cautions that the spread of Covid-19 infections to Tier-III and -IV cities could stall the growth momentum

Worrying signals from the markets

Investors are getting increasingly concerned about the extent of capital issuance in the financial sector

MSME margins to shrink on Covid-induced loss of demand: CRISIL SME Tracker

Long constrained for liquidity, MSMEs now also have to cope with loss of demand, labour shortage, and heightened risk aversion in the financial system due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Modi's last chance to jump start the economy

Economic historians will judge him by this, just as they judge P Chidambaram by his bold cuts in income tax rates in 1997 and Manmohan Singh by his 1991 reforms

Global debt hits record high of 331% of GDP in Q1 amid Covid-19: Report

The IIF, which represents global banks and financial institutions, said the first-quarter debt-to-GDP ratio jumped by over 10 percentage points, the largest quarterly surge on record

Death of cities?

Cities spread infection and wealth, both at the same time

China has its work cut out: India to be world's largest employer in 2100

Population to decline from a peak in 2048 to a 32% lower level by 2100: The Lancet

Risk factor

Poor returns from equity markets may be prolonged

Economic recovery to gather pace in H2-2020; stay negative on India: Nomura

While collectively, emerging market economies have entered their deepest recession in at least 60 years, Asia - particularly China and Northeast Asia - stand out as the best, Nomura says

From most optimistic to pessimistic: Here're FY21 GDP growth projections

The most pessimist one projects it at 25%

Traditional Indian firms will fare well

The economy of relationships works differently from the economy of contracts

Govt plans to raise Rs 20,000 crore by selling stakes in CIL, IDBI Bank

In case of Coal India, if valuations are not attractive, company will buy back shares from the govt

Restarting the growth engine

Restarting is easy but a full-speed drive is still some time away

Statsguru: Amid Covid-19 crisis, spotting early signs of recovery is key

Analysts say the investments will pick up only in FY22