According to D&B, food price levels might witness a rebound as foodgrain production is estimated to have declined during 2014-15.
The likelihood is that India will maintain a moderately upbeat economic tempo -- well short of tearaway growth, explains T N Ninan.
Manufacturing production growth eased in May, which combined with the slowdown in services resulted in a weaker increase in private sector output, the survey said.
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A section of the market believes RBI should hold rates as negative real rates will hurt savings and investment.
Macro economic environment in India is expected to improve further and drive the BSE index, Sensex, to 33,500 by December-end.
The agency said the move on liquidity will lead to an ease in the situation.
The outlook for India's rating would improve if fiscal, inflation and infrastructure metrics get better, a global report said.
Before growing 2.8 per cent in latest April-September period, IIP had seen negative growth of 0.1 per cent in 2013-14 period.
The sharp fall in rupee since the beginning of May will make things difficult for the central bank which is on the path of easing the monetary policy to revive growth.
Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to fresh demand for USD.
China posted the sharpest increase in output for 15 months, while India saw the steepest expansion since February 2013.
According to the global financial services major, after the BJP's 'historic' election victory on May 16, hope for structural reforms has gone up.
As against an annual average growth of 10-11 per cent envisaged for the industry during the period, the actual annual average growth stood at 7.2 per cent during the plan period.
Experts said the higher pay out will boost consumption demand.
If you are planning for a long-term goal like your child's education in a foreign university, invest about 20% of your portfolio in foreign assets that can provide a hedge against the rupee's depreciation.
'In the short term, we may see some disruptions due to Covid, but in the medium-to-long term, we should keep an eye on US inflation and 10-year bond yields.'
The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to lower interest rates for a third time this year.
CRR remains unchanged at 4%; first repo rate cut since May 2013.
Although there is headroom for further monetary policy action, at this juncture it is important to keep our arsenal dry and use it judiciously: RBI's Das.
Realty firms and consultants hoped however that this would be the last round of monetary tightening by the central bank.
Food prices, which have contributed to a large part of inflation over recent years, have remained benign, despite unseasonal rain.
Just about 54 per cent of employers predict fresh job creation in the second half of this year whereas the same sentiment was shared by 68 per cent entities at the start of 2013, while salary hikes too are expected to be on the lower side, said the survey.
10 high dividend paying stocks across sectors that are expected to maintain or even increase their pay-outs in FY23 thanks to faster earnings growth in the last four quarters.
A lot depends upon the composition of the monetary policy committee.
India is in favourable position to attract foreign firms planning to relocate their manufacturing bases due to trade tension between the US and China, says Nomura.
Says operating environment for Indian corporate sector has improved during FY15
Retail inflation hit an eight-month high of 6.07 per cent in February, remaining above the RBI's comfort level for the second month in a row, while wholesale price-based inflation soared to 13.11 per cent on account of hardening of crude oil and non-food item prices, government data showed on Monday. The previous high for retail inflation was 6.26 per cent in June 2021. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation, which is taken into account by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) while deciding its monetary policy, rose mainly because of costlier food items, as per the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Fitch Ratings on Friday said it has revised the outlook on India's sovereign rating to 'stable' from 'negative' as downside risks to medium-term growth have diminished on rapid economic recovery. Fitch Ratings kept the rating unchanged at 'BBB-'.
The headline HSBC India Purchasing Managers' Index -- a composite gauge designed to give a single-figure snapshot of manufacturing business conditions -- stood at 53.3 in November significantly higher from 51.6 in October.
Employees in India will see their salaries increase by an average of 10.9 per cent in 2015, but high inflation will end up eroding much of their wages, says a report.
'India's economy faces further downside risks from sluggish private investment and rural demand weakened by slow wage growth.'
'Indices will remain range bound in 2022 as earnings catch up with the current multiples.'
The rupee appreciation will most likely lead to lower inflation and less ambiguity.
Pragmatism and flexibility is a virtue. An untethered and short-term approach to policymaking is a flaw, argues Mihir S Sharma.
IMF says, India will grow significantly in near-term.
Global rating agency Fitch on Friday pegged India's growth at 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal and 6 per cent in 2015-16 and affirmed the country's rating outlook at stable level.
While most economies contracted in the second quarter of 2020, the Chinese economy grew by 3.2 per cent.
Overall forex market sentiment suffered a sudden reversal of fortune contrary to expectation largely moving in line with local equities, reversing all early strong gains.
Across all industries in India, almost 87 per cent of respondents plan to allocate a larger portion of their budget to high performers
