Gold prices gained marginally, in an otherwise listless and cautious trading on the bullion market in Mumbai on Saturday owing to stray buying support.
'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'
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
With the economy heading for a double-digit inflation due to the spiralling food prices and costlier fuels and manufactured articles, the Reserve Bank is expected to hike its key policy rates next month, say leading economists.
Has the army confronted China, equipping itself with emergency purchases that have been largely paid for by pensioners, asks Ajai Shukla.
While FIIs have pumped in nearly Rs 17,000 crore, MFs have been net buyers to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore.
Amid controversies, claims and counter-claims, the Centre has unveiled the text of safeguards agreement reached with IAEA. Under the agreement India will place its civilian nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards to facilitate full civil nuclear cooperation between India and members of IAEA.
According to government estimates, in early December, potato prices had increased 136 per cent, sugar prices doubled and pulses zoomed by over 40 per cent compared to the previous year.
The quality in the portfolio must be kept in mind even though it means the returns are going to be more modest in the short term.
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Earlier, the apex bank had projected inflation at 5.5 per cent by March 2011, and the latest higher estimate is on account of the impact of fuel price hike,which it said, is likely to add a full 1 percentage point directly to the headline inflation numbers with the second round impact coming in the next few months.
The ministry has also asked that the cap of such borrowings is to be set at $500 million (Rs 3,450 crore) for a single company and $1 billion (Rs 6,900 crore) for the entire sector.
Inflation has remained a major concern.
Bank Nifty pared all its intraday gains to end over 1% lower led by losses in BoB, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Bank of India
After pipping Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel with a lap of one minute 23.599 seconds in the first practice, the Briton shaved almost a second in FP2, his quickest lap clocked at 1:22.60.
The move aimed at blunting Finance Ministry, RBI's opposition to monthly reporting.
Slowdown in industrial production notwithstanding, a marginal increase in inflation raised the clamour for another round of rate cut by the Reserve Bank on April 4 to boost economic activity.
Inflation in India drastically fell to a new 20-year low of 0.27 per cent for the week ended March 14, from 0.44 per cent in the previous week, as food and fuel items turned cheaper, prompting analysts to say that rate of price rise would soon turn negative.
The current slowdown has lasted for over 18 months and is the longest incident of sluggishness since 2006.
Unlikely to happen in less than a year,despite the advantage of the parent airline's base.
The move apparently has been triggered by the drastic fall in international crude oil prices which have dived from $147 a barrel in August 2008 to below $40 now. In the old formula, taking crude price at $60 per barrel, the cost of gas at Iran-Pakistan border translated into $4.93 per mBtu. But according to the new formula, gas price will shoot up to $5.9 per mBtu although crude prices have crashed below $40 a barrel.
The department of economic affairs in the Union finance ministry has suggested aggressive sterilisation of foreign capital inflows, tightening of government expenditure and intervention in key farm produce markets like wheat.
The decision was taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the lockdown across the country will be extended till May 3 to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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While third quarter results do not reflect it, the sector's reluctance to cut interest rates points towards either high NPAs or wrong strategies.
Signals received from the government in the past one year reflect a state of utter confusion, says Abhishek Tripathi.
Lower fuel subsidy payouts might restrict gross fiscal deficit in FY15.
The year 2009 began on a positive note with inflation sliding to a 10-month low of 6.38 per cent, raising hopes of Reserve Bank of India further reducing key policy rates to give another booster to industry, reeling under the slowdown.
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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.
Inflation dips to 8.40 per cent for the week ended November 22 from 8.84 per cent in the previous week.
As far as the Indian households are concerned, although the leverage ratio in this basket has multiplied nearly 3 times in the past decade, it is still well below not just developed but also most other developing economies.
Inflation dips to 8.90 per cent for the week ended November 8 from 8.98 per cent a week ago.
It is only 'zero-cost' money from FPIs that is keeping the market afloat
The decision by the Union government and the Reserve Bank of India to infuse Rs 1,25,000 crore (Rs 1,250 billion) into the banking system in the last two weeks alone is unlikely to fuel inflation, say economists, since this infusion will only meet the basic demand and not lead to a spillover.
Infrastructure and inflation targeting are expected to be top priorities for the new Reserve Bank of India governor, says A V Rajwade.
The global financial services major had earlier said that the central bank would keep its policy rates on hold.
An industry survey has showed that economic growth for the current fiscal may slip to 4.8 per cent from 5 per cent estimated earlier.
The state's mineral reserves are attracting the world's largest metals companies, but local tribes won't give up the rights without a fight.
'The no-rate cut policy and preference to wait for the Budget and clarity on the fiscal front demonstrate RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is maturing in his new role,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
