The rupee appreciation will most likely lead to lower inflation and less ambiguity.
The new Land Acquisition Act to provide just and fair compensation to farmers came into force from January 1, 2014.
With crude and commodity prices ebbing and the twin deficits under check, the Reserve Bank should have cut the key policy rate to push investments and boost economic growth, India Inc said.
Investors' confidence has been revived in recent weeks on the likelihood the elections will usher in a new government.
The government has taken a number of steps to stem the depreciation of rupee including moderation in demand of non-essential imports and enhancing supply of capital flows, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
Industrial ouput, however, was seen falling 0.6 per cent in January
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
Technically, the Indian economy is on road to recovery.
RBI Governor would like to wait till Budget before taking any action on rate front.
'It appears the growth rate could be around six per cent'.
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Indian economy is seeing signs of upward momentum helped by gradual reduction of inflationary pressure though the country's growth still remains "relatively weak", according to Paris-based think tank OECD.
India Inc has an impressive report card to show for the first quarter of this financial year.
The Consumer Price Index hit the lowest in six months in March at 4.83 per cent.
'India's economy is growing faster compared to the developed economies of the world.' 'More importantly, it is growing faster compared to most of the developing economies.' 'The monsoon is not the only thing that drives the rural economy and certainly not the national economy.' 'It is too simplistic to reduce everything to the monsoon.'
The RBI may grant licences for setting up small finance and payment banks by April 2015.
Repo rate may well end 2013 at 8 per cent, where it had begun the year.
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According to the global financial services major, the primary concern for the RBI at the moment has to be anchoring elevated inflation expectations and stabilising the currency, which could face renewed pressures if the Fed begins QE tapering this week, as widely expected.
The market believes there will soon be another offer to buy the bonds.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
Experts feel oil prices will remain volatile with an upward bias.
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed biggest one day loss in percentage terms since June 24
Consumer prices were forecast to have risen 10.00 per cent annually last month, barely changed from the 10.09 per cent clocked in October.
Indian Economy poised for growth, say experts.
Food prices are also expected to move up due to the poor monsoons.
In September, the headline inflation accelerated to a seven-month high of 6.46 per cent, while the retail inflation quickened to 9.84 per cent.
Attributing price rise to global factors and higher Minimum Support Price (MSP), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the government has tried to protect the interest of poor people by maintaining supply through the PDS system.
Costlier onion and other vegetables pushed up inflation for the third month in a row to 6.1 per cent in August, making it difficult for the RBI to cut rate in the monetary policy review due later this week.
The panel finds 'discrepancy' in the Annual Survey of Industries data.
If credit is not going to flow in response to a policy rate cut, while inflationary pressures, as well as expectations, may be stoked, a rate cut may not be appropriate at this point
It would be beneficial for the economy to hold on to high interest rates till inflation numbers are under control.
While Raghuram Rajan has said in the past that other factors, including domestic fundamentals, outweigh the US Fed policy meet, this time it would be different
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RBI on Wednesday surprised the markets by leaving key policy rates unchanged, notwithstanding persistent high inflationary pressure.
Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice.
CPI-based inflation on a (year-on-year) basis has come down from 8.59 per cent in April 2014 to 7.80 per cent in August 2014.
Bank Nifty closes at a 30-month high; Rate sensitives lead the rally on RBI rate cut optimism.
Prime Minister's key economic advisor C Rangarajan on Friday lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.3 per cent from 6.4 per cent projected earlier and listed out host of measures including further liberalisation of foreign direct investment norms to improve economic condition.
GDP growth in November is the second-highest since January 2012 when it had expanded 5.7%.
From inflation, central bank shifts focus to rupee stability and capital flows.
According to the research arm of the country's largest lender State Bank of India, with stability in the currency, the RBI Governor is likely to lower the marginal standing facility rate, at which the RBI lends to the banks, once the lenders exhaust their overnight repo borrowing limits.
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