Page 8 - Consumer Spending

The rise and rise of the attention economy

Advertising, as a business, has always been about attention

Japan's retail sales extend fall in May as Covid-19 hurts consumer spending

The sustained downturn in demand raises risks that the world's third-largest economy could remain mired in recession longer than expected and a revival may be more sluggish

Used car trade could rev up auto revival as consumer turns budget-conscious

Bookings, sales perk up for hatchbacks, cars between Rs 4 lakh and Rs 6 lakh

Covid-19: Average card spend falls 25% as shopping, travel take back seat

With malls and shops closed, spending avenues are practically non-existent.

NSO's consumer spend report showing first fall in 40 yrs won't be released

Consumer spending surveys help set the base year for key macroeconomic data, including gross domestic product

Business Standard's Somesh Jha wins IIMCAA award for best business reporter

Jha, who broke the news on India's record unemployment level, was also adjudged IIMC alumnus of the year 2019

Can't compare GDP data with consumer spending report, says govt panel

A fall in household spending is a signal that poverty may have increased, according to experts

Statistical Commission to discuss junked consumer spending report on Dec 4

The NSC is an autonomous body overlooking the country's statistical system and is headed by cryptologist Bimal Kumar Roy

Govt releases 5 survey reports after uproar, holds back study it junked

Scholars across the world had appealed for the survey reports, including one on household consumer expenditure.

Consumer spend survey: Panel didn't flag quality issues, ask for scrapping

Govt had said a committee of experts was formed and several 'concerns' related to the survey report was flagged to it

Maharashtra, Haryana saw biggest drop in rural consumer spending: NSO data

Rural parts of Haryana and Maharashtra saw an 18 per cent fall in consumer spending in 2017-18, compared to 2011-12

Data credibility at stake

Unfortunate fiasco over consumer spend survey

Best of BS Opinion: Why the govt must step in to help telecom companies

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

NSO's junked consumer expenditure survey shows inequality gap declining

Ratio of top and bottom 10% declined sharply to 5% in 2017-18 from 5.9% in 2011-12 in rural areas

RTI practised by govt: Chidambaram's dig over economic data 'suppression'

Chidambaram's remarks come after a media report cited the latest consumption expenditure survey by the NSO to claim that consumer spending fell for the first time in more than four decades in 2017-18

India's demand funk: It has people but where are the consumers

Consumer spending fell in real terms in 2017-18, its first decline in four decades, Business Standard reported Friday.

Are India's falling consumer spending and strong GDP growth in sync?

At the macro level, a similar dichotomy is visible in two sets of data released by the same institution, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey over 'data quality'

The findings of the report, published by Business Standard on Friday, showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18

Modinomics stinks so bad govt has to hide own reports: Rahul on NSO data

The report also claimed the NSO report was approved to be released on June 19, 2019, but was withheld by the government agency owing to its "adverse" findings

Top 10 biz headlines: Consumer spend falls, telcos woes continue, and more

From the first fall in consumer spending in 4 decades to a fall in ONGC's net profit, here are the top 10 business stories for the day