The credit ratings business is dominated by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch
The rupee hit a near 10-month high as an alliance led by pro-reform and business friendly Hindu nationalist Narendra was on course for an absolute majority.
The 30-share Sensex ended 50 points lower at 28,112 and the 50-share Nifty declined 12 points to close at 8,531.
Rajapaksa informed the lawmakers of United People's Freedom Alliance that he has resigned from the post.
Some analysts view as a microcosm of the US economy.
The bank's branch expansion and recruitment have been curtailed.
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Despite criticism, the investment bank said that it stands by its research.
India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has hit the Chinese debt market for a benchmark issue of about $500 million.
Inflation has seen some moderation in the recent past, falling from double-digit figures in 2013 to 7.8 per cent year-on-year in August.
There are various estimates of India's debt to GDP ratio, but the consensus is that that it would be over 80 per cent at the end of the current fiscal year.
Navinder Singh Sarao used a couple of fairly simple techniques.
Minister of State for Commerce and Finance Nirmala Sitaraman, in Mumbai to address election rallies, took time out to talk about the economy, foreign investment and trade facilitation.
Most respondents understand inflation, but very few understand risk diversification, says the ratings agency in its Global Financial Literacy Survey
With more favourable view on Indian economy and business environment under the Narendra Modi government, the risk premium for Indian papers began to climb down.
S&P in November ruled out an upgrade in the country's rating for some considerable period, citing India's low per capita GDP and relatively high fiscal deficit.
To a lay observer, therefore, India today presents two conflicting realities.
This is a part of the company's plan to raise $13 billion debt to fund expansion of its petrochemical production capacity and gasification project for its refining facilities to improve margins.
S&P is the only of the three major credit agencies with a 'negative' outlook on India.
Gokarn was the first Indian central banker who regularised warnings to the government, through the monetary policy statement, on the need to reduce fiscal deficit.
Growth forecast has been lowered owing to tepid growth in the first half of 2017-18, the lingering effects of demonetisation, transitory challenges of GST, and some risks to agriculture stemming from a spotty monsoon.
The government has promised to keep the deficit at 4.1%
Some investment bankers expect the Indian currency to touch 60-65 by the end of the year
India's informal economy and service sector accounts for over three-fifths of its $1.8 trillion economy.
It's hoped the negotiations can be wrapped up by August 20.
As part of a cost-cutting plan, the bank is now dismantling its stock broking, equity research, and equity listing desks worldwide.
Being mandatory, these recommendations will have to be immediately built into the Budget for 2015-16.
The central bank is of the view that rise in external debt a concern but rating outlook revision reassuring.
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The partially convertible rupee closed at 66.24/25 per dollar after hitting a record low of 66.30, and down 2.9 per cent from its close of 64.30/31 on Monday.
India welcomed resolution of the political crisis in Sri Lanka and exuded confidence that relations between the two countries will continue to move on in an upward trajectory.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
Expectations of continued stimulus withdrawal by the US Federal Reserve added to the market's gloom.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday revised upwards the long-term corporate credit ratings of software majors TCS, Infosys and Wipro to 'A' from 'BBB+.'
'The slide in growth has arisen primarily because we have an NBFC crisis on top of a banking crisis,' points out T T Ram Mohan.
On Tuesday, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram told reporters that economic growth this financial year would be over five per cent and the numbers in the second quarter would be better than the first quarter which yielded gross domestic product expansion of 4.4 per cent, a four-year low.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
Amid rupee sliding below 64 to a dollar, global agency Standard & Poor's on Tuesday said it will maintain negative outlook for the country as currency depreciation is adversely impacting investor confidence.
Indian investments in equity and debt account for the second-highest remittances outgo (about a quarter).
'The good news is that money continues to flow into India-focussed offshore funds.'
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