The trade-war between the US and China is prompting investors to flee from risky assets, such as equities, to safe-haven bets, such as gold and treasuries
The problem for the NBFC sector is the funding inertia by banks and not lack of funds.
The minders of the Modi government's economic policy believe it would take 7 to 8 quarters -- or till around late 2018 -- for the economy to reap the rewards of demonetisation.
The new hire, Gangadhar Darbha, joined as a consultant
A below-normal monsoon is likely to drag down the food output with India's agricultural GDP growth likely to slump to 0.8 pc in the current fiscal, says a report by the Japanese brokerage firm Nomura.
Rate cuts are unlikely to be aggressive, in our view.
The combined market capitalisation of the 21 listed PSU banks declined by about Rs 76,000 crore to Rs 425,800 crore during the month.
The time is ripe for a merger of eight fund houses indirectly owned and controlled by the central government, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.
Leading brokerages Nomura and Barclays on said current account deficit, which unexpectedly improved to 4.8 per cent in 2012-13, but still at a historic high, could moderate further this fiscal on slowing gold imports and cheaper commodities.
The Chinese currency too is expected to continue its fall.
Between now and the general elections (likely in May 2019) there are 12 assembly polls, which analysts say, in a way will also be interpreted as a referendum on the Modi-led government's key reforms
Irrespective of demonetisation and GST blues, IIM Lucknow has been able to successfully place their batch of 459 students.
The NSE Nifty after shuttling between 10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points, ended 47 points, or 0.45 per cent lower at 10,301.05.
One Rank One Pension (OROP) will have a significant impact on the country's fiscal bill and the overall cost will be around Rs 16,000 crore.
The good news for the group has come from the port business.
AAP has promised lower electricity bills, free basic water supply.
In the same quarter a year before, most of them had reported a dismal performance.
The RBI gauges both measures of inflation when deciding on monetary policy,
Offer size could vary from Rs 1,200 cr to Rs 2,000 cr
'Macro headwinds are rising for Indian equities in the form of rising commodity prices, especially oil, depreciating rupee, fiscal challenges, election-related uncertainty and upside risks to inflation'
The major reason for the policy confusion over e-vehicles is the lack of conviction within government about the utility of this disruptive technology and its role in India's larger Paris Agreement climate change commitments.
'Both IIP and CPI inflation numbers are showing a huge disconnect from the leading indicators.'
A strengthening dollar overseas also kept the rupee under pressure amid demand from importers. Goldman Sachs followed JP Morgan, HSBC and Nomura in cutting India's economic growth forecast and also said it expects the rupee to touch 72 against the dollar in the next six months.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
Analysts expect the central bank to remain watchful of inflation.
Implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, One Rank, One Pension are the other triggers going ahead, analysts say
Even as the September quarter performance was subdued, analysts expect the second half to be better on higher prices, output.
Competition in the US pharmaceutical market swelled in recent years, with increasing generic penetration.
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ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
The IOC stake sale will, however, dwarf in front of Rs 22,557 crore or Rs 225.57 billion that the government raised through a stake sale in Coal India Ltd last year.
The change from wholesale to retail inflation as an anchor means that the weightage of diesel in inflation has decreased
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
A bonus is given to existing stockholders in proportion to the number of shares they already hold.
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday plunged almost 4 per cent, wiping out about Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) in investor wealth, after the IT major indicated to analysts that weak India business and lower working days could drag down March quarter growth rate.
RBI projects GDP growth in FY16 at 7.8 per cent, 30 bps higher than FY15. However, this comes with a downward bias.
Bankruptcy Code will consolidate existing laws related to liquidation and sick industries
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Bank has cited trend of global easing and weak growth
As we say shalom to 2016, the key drivers for the markets in the year ahead have become more obvious, says Neeraj Gambhir, managing director and head of fixed income, India, Nomura. First, there is a surging dollar. Second, rising commodity prices. Then, we have the effects of demonetisation.
January inflation may undershoot RBI's 6% target.
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