There is euphoria abound about India's growth performance during the first quarter of the current fiscal. As compared to the corresponding period last year, the year-on-year (y-o-y) GDP growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022-23 is down. However, one should take into account the fact that the high growth performance of the real GDP in Q1 of 2021-22 was due to the low base in the corresponding period of...
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Has inflation peaked? -Lokeshwarri SK
-The Hindu Business Line Inflation has been moderating off late but RBI is unlikely to let its guard down * Has inflation peaked in India? It’s too early to conclude that inflation has peaked in India. While CPI inflation has been drifting lower since the April 2022 peak of 7.79 per cent, the decline is very gradual. The July reading of 6.71 per cent is also well above the upper limit of RBI’s...
More »Centre, RBI bid to curb inflation
-The Telegraph Food prices, which account for nearly half of the consumer price index basket, softened last month The finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are in discussions on the inflation trajectory amid the easing of global commodity and crude oil prices. A Reuters poll of economists forecast retail inflation at a five-month low in July at 6.78 per cent. But it is still above the RBI’s upper threshold...
More »Our employment data should be interpreted cautiously -Himanshu
-Livemint.com This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment and unemployment for rural as well as urban areas. Earlier this week, India’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation released the annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the reference period July 2020 to June 2021. This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment...
More »India better placed to avoid risk of stagflation: RBI officials
-The Hindu Domestic economic activity is gaining strength, write authors of Bulletin article India’s economy is better placed than many other countries to avoid the risk of potential stagflation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials headed by Deputy Governor Michael D. Patra wrote in an article in the June edition of the RBI Bulletin. “Global economic conditions continued to deteriorate as ratcheting up of commodity prices and financial market volatility have led to...
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