'India's sizeable forex reserves should help stem a possible fall in our currency.'
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Employers in India have no choice but to pay high salaries to their staff, with industrial growth demanding more manpower.
For Make in India's success, Modi govt msut remove policy paralysis.
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
Strong currency and sagging oil prices are spooking policymakers.
After Infosys, hike in other IT companies also seen in 6-9% range.
The Seventh Pay Commission had decided to choose the CPI-IW as the index for adjusting inflation for central government employees.
Govt is likely to find it hard to meet deficit target next year.
Infosys usually gives a wage rise to employees every April.
The work of reconstruction in the flood-ravaged Kashmir could get delayed by at least 6 months due to the mass exodus of migrant labour force in the wake of the natural calamity that hit the valley causing huge damage to infrastructure -- both public as well as private.
In the third of a six-part series T E Narasimhan finds out how the hub of India's firecrackers industry is coping after more than a month of the note ban.
In the second of a six-part series, Sanjay Jog of Business Standard walks across the streets of Indore to find out how it has been hit by demonetisation.
The US-based agency, however, termed the 7 per cent GDP growth for the October-December quarter as "surprising", a tad lower than 7.4 per cent in the previous quarter.
The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
The dollar moved higher, while prices for US government debt fell, as traders ramped up bets the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in March
Three major central banks have hit the zero limit, the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
The markets stayed on edge last week due to the endless saga of Greece's problems.
Governor's statements will be weighed to gauge confidence level.
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.
RBI has, since January, cut its policy rate four times.
Invest in stocks of export-oriented and capital-intensive companies, says Devangshu Datta.
Sheela Bhatt reports from Firozabad, the country's centre for glass bangles, on what life is like for its workers in the wake of the national lockdown.
Mark Mobius, co-founder, Mobius Capital Partners, tells Puneet Wadhwa that investors should concentrate more on "value" rather than momentum, and on good small- and medium-sized companies rather than large-caps.
Earlier in the year, Modi government had moved WTO against the US imposing higher fee for applicants seeking two categories of non-immigrant temporary working visas
Stock crashes 6.5%; top 5 firms lose Rs 33,883 crore in market cap
Colombo's enduring interests suggest the relationship between the Sri Lanka and China will only strengthen, says Nitin Pai.
The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
'What happens at a time like this is that you always look up to someone for inspiration and strength.'
The new pay scale will come into effect from January 1.
Japan's economy unexpectedly slipped into recession in the third quarter, setting the stage for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay an unpopular sales tax hike and call a snap election half-way through his term.
Many macroeconomic forecasters have built predictive models on inflation, all of which highlight intense downward pressure on prices.
Emerging markets could be affected by a combination of lower liquidity and higher dollar interest rates caused by a hike in the US Fed funds rate.
Young, ambitious workforce learns skill degrees come with no guarantees.
At a time when the whole world is going ga-ga over stocks and debt is too easy to borrow, do not forget gold, says Anil Rego.
'This may be good news for Rahul Gandhi, for no matter how Modi performs, there will always be some degree of dissatisfaction with his performance among large sections of voters,' says R Jagannathan.
In its daily briefing, the government also reported Goa is now free of coronavirus.
The trinity of rising stocks, rising yields and rising dollar since Donald Trump's election has already faced a setback.
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