Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Sharif, 70, and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday filed their nomination papers for the post.
RBI is committed to bringing down retail inflation to eight per cent by January 2015 and six per cent by January 2016.
Amid slowing growth and low interest rates, investors will need to focus on stock-picking, suggests John Remmert.
The rupee had strengthened by 19 paise on Monday.
At the same time, however, officials at the central bank lowered their projections for the long-run target interest rate, evidence of slightly diminished expectations for a nation climbing out of a severe crisis and struggling with demographic headwinds like declining labor force participation.
The central bank maintained its bias towards a rate hike.
A massive rally in domestic equities along with smooth supply of dollars on the back sustained capital inflows into equities and debt predominantly helped the upmove
Fed keeps rates unchanged, sets up possible December hike
In the United States, economic data is likely to take a back seat next week.
Devangshu Datta predicts the good, the bad and the ugly of currency trends for the coming year.
A logjam on the GST front could turn things upside down and turmoil in Gujarat might also have an adverse impact
It is surprising that central bankers around the world have cautioned the US Federal Reserve against raising rates.
Fed seen holding rates steady as investor confidence shakes
In the longest losing streak of 2017, the BSE Sensex has lost 1,270 points, or 3.91 per cent. It fell to a three-month low of 31,154.03 on Wednesday.
'The recent US jobs report has eased fears of a hike in the Fed meeting.'
Indications are that Modi will have words of encouragement for Stalin, and the meeting is likely to be much less acrimonious than critics of either would want it to be. notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Balance is needed in selecting members for the proposed monetary policy committee, says Abheek Barua.
'There's also a possibility of the cyclonic system changing its course, thus avoiding a landfall in Odisha'
The S&P and Dow dipped the most in a day since September 28.
The US dollar has risen about 15 per cent since mid-2015.
'Modi had not discussed demonetization with me prior to his announcement on 8 November 2016. 'I learnt of it along with the rest of the country. 'I was not surprised when he did not discuss the issue with me prior to making the public announcement. 'It fitted in with his style of making dramatic announcements.' A fascinating excerpt from Pranab Mukherjee's The Presidential Years: 2012-2017.
The fuzziness of Trump's economic blueprint remains the biggest risk.
In all, 37 central banks around the world have eased monetary policy so far this year to boost growth, fight deflation or both
Amid imminent phasing out of the fiscal stimulus by US Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for an "orderly exit" from unconventional monetary policies being pursued by the developed world for the last few years to avoid damaging growth prospects of the developing world.
There's no silver bullet to get rid of poverty, says Alok Sheel.
US job growth increased at a fairly brisk clip in October and the unemployment rate fell to a fresh six-year low of 5.8 per cent, underscoring the economy's resilience in the face of slowing global demand.
Khan said the Pakistan government was 'determined to demonstrate' that it is capable of protecting its people.
India may be hit if stalemate in Washington persists over two weeks.
Some investors had speculated that the US central bank might put its plans on hold given the jitters overseas.
The prime minister has called a meeting of chiefs of all parties having representatives in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on June 19 to discuss 'one nation, one election'.
'The CEO will neither be able to guide the senior team in operational matters nor decide on their appointment, compensation or removal.' 'Yet, the CEO is responsible for the profit and loss of the bank!' 'Why would the senior executives listen to him?' 'Which self-respecting professional would want to be a CEO with these constraints?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Three major central banks have hit the zero limit, the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
'The government's principal aim should be to reduce the volume of cash transactions.' 'That would bring more of the Indian economy within the purview of taxation.' 'The current downturn in economic activity due to a lack of adequate cash is likely to be limited to a year,'
Fed policymakers' deepening uncertainty about their own projections has resulted in the central bank sending mixed messages
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the government has no other option but to extend President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir as the Election Commission wants to hold assembly elections in the state by the end of 2019.
The move, which could come as a surprise to many investors, was a nod to better prospects for economy and labor market
Spending at restaurants and bars grew more than 8 per cent compared to the year before.
Disruption is totally unacceptable in Parliamentary system, the President said.
It will be difficult for the Indian equity to outperform overall growth to the extent bullish observers expect.
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