'The next general election is four years away. That's enough time to recover -- provided the government stops spending and taxing so much,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
'The CEA suggested that could be as high as 19 per cent.'
Currently, the retail inflation is well below the RBI's comfort level. The government has asked the central bank to keep inflation in the range of 4 per cent.
'Pakistan will leave no stone unturned to keep Kashmir on the edge and put the entire blame on the Government of India if there is any untoward incident,' says Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
The non-oil, non-finance sector of the economy is under severe stress.
Inflation pegs down currency value, re-allocates resources, reduces potential economic growth and leads to the attrition of gross domestic savings.
'Equities are likely to be range-bound with a downward bias for the remaining part of the year.'
India's gross domestic product product (GDP) growth rate between 2011-12 and 2016-17 should be about 4.5 per cent instead of the official estimate of close to 7 per cent, he said in a research paper published at Harvard University. "The Indian policy automobile has been navigated with a faulty, possibly broken, speedometer," he says in the paper.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 4:
'Because of the government's step, the people are now going to splurge on consumption.' 'If you ask me, would growth be 8% for 2017-2018, I would say 7.5% because of the demonetisation move would not be very significant.'
Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.
Debt returns are always negative for investors in India, unless they are willing to take huge risk
While headline and core WPI are stuck in a disinflationary phase, the retail measure is inching north.
The Indian ace was beaten by the Chinese world No 33 in an hour and 35 minutes.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith said he is desperate to recover lost ground ahead of next year's World Cup by competing in the IPL after being left so deflated by the ball-tampering scandal that getting out of bed became a struggle.
Its time the RBI, govt pushes reforms to boost global investment
The revised salaries of central government employees are likely to be paid from July 1, 2016.
Air India and IndiGo have already suspended Kamra from flying until further notice and six months, respectively.
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Rupee ends flat after hitting 9-1/2 month low.
With commodity markets remaining soft and uncertain, it is likely the money will flow into equity markets with strong upsides, such as India.
While the farmers are not getting remunerative prices for their produce, at the same time they are forced to pay high prices for items they consume.
Fiscal situation better but spending cuts likely in FY16 too.
Former Pakistan pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar has said that current skipper Misbah-ul Haq needs to adopt Imran Khan's frontline approach employed by the captain in 1992 if the 2015 squad wants to win this year's Cricket World Cup.
Experts caution against tough times in Indian equity markets in 2015.
'Our first great challenge is to create 12 million new jobs each year, to make the demographic dividend an economic dividend.' 'We are nowhere near that,' points out Mohan Guruswamy.
RBI targets to keep inflation at 4 per cent, (+/- 2 per cent), and its rise beyond this comfort zone will put pressure on the central bank to hike rates.
Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has urged selectors to be patient with the rookies in Steven Smith's team as they battle to cement places in the wake of a string of retirements.
A weaker rupee could aid corporate earnings through its positive impact on export intensive sectors such as information technology services, pharmaceuticals and commodity producers such as metal and mining, and oil and gas companies.
Food and fuel are two perennial areas of concern.
It is pegged at 6.8-8% by various economists, as compared to 6.7%.
'He showed what Test cricket is all about.'< 'It is not about hitting the ball and looking fancy out in the middle, it is about showing grit.'
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
Indian cricket team will be aiming to pick up pieces while spoiling Alastair Cook's farewell party in the fifth and final Test against England starting Friday.
The next round of bad news could come from Europe, where banks in a number of economies such as Italy, Portugal and Greece are sitting on mountains of bad loans.
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Many countries, including Japan, are having deflation and they are trying to go back to an era of inflation.
Next set of Q4 FY16 earnings, progress of monsoon along with election poll outcome will dictate market trend this week
Assessing the shape of the Indian economy just a couple of days ahead of the Union Budget for 2016-17, Saugata Bhatacharya, senior vice president and chief economist, Axis Bank, speaks about his budget wishlist and suggests measures that can help finance minister Arun Jaitley achieve the targeted fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product.
The talented but unpredictable side are not favourites.
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