-TheConversation.com/TheWire.in With the cost-of-living crisis now at the top of the public’s agenda in many developed countries, the setting of interest rates has ceased to be just a technical matter and has instead become highly political. Where is the global economy heading in 2023? After all the challenges of last year, it’s a question we ask with trepidation. Just as the economy was dealing with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Despite insipid manufacturing show, India’s GDP to grow 7% this fiscal: NSO -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu With GDP estimated to have clocked a 9.7% uptick in the first six months, the advance estimate implies that Growth will moderate to 4.5% in the second half. India’s real GDP is expected to grow 7% in 2022-23, slowing from 8.7% in FY22, as per the First Advance Estimates of National Income for the year released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday. With GDP estimated to have clocked a...
More »Oil slides after IMF says slowing global Growth engines portend tougher 2023 -Florence Tan
-ThePrint.in IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Sunday that US, Europe and China are all slowing down simultaneously, making 2023 tougher than 2022 for the global economy. Singapore: Oil prices slid on Tuesday from their highest levels in a month on a stronger dollar and after the head of the International Monetary Fund warned of a tougher 2023 as major economies experience weakening activity. Brent crude futures dropped 98 cents, or 1.1%, to...
More »Core sector output rises by 5.4% in November vs 3.2% YoY: Govt data
-PTI/ Business Standard Production of eight infrastructure sectors like coal, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity increased by 5.4% in Nov against a 3.2% Growth in the same month last year, according to official data Production of eight infrastructure sectors increased by 5.4 per cent in November against a 3.2 per cent Growth in the same month last year on a better show by coal, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity segments, according to...
More »Credit Growth spurs public lenders’ balance sheets to 10-year high in first half of FY23: RBI report
-The Hindu ‘Commercial banks may have to raise deposit rates more to meet a surge in credit demand; while banks have swiftly transmitted increases to lending rates, deposit rates have been laggards for most’ Under the backdrop of a highly uncertain global environment caused by globalisation of inflation, energy and food shortages, and synchronised tightening of monetary policy worldwide, the Indian economy was exhibiting signs of a gradual strengthening of the Growth...
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