Page 7 - Consumption

Budget 2022 should boost consumption via tax breaks, fuel tax cuts: Report

In a pre-budget report, India Ratings said it expects the new budget to consolidate and strengthen the plan set out in the last budget

German consumer morale improves heading into Feb as Covid situation eases

Consumers are once again showing some optimism at the beginning of the year with improved economic and income expectations.

Capex set to cross pre-Covid levels; household expenditure, consumption lag

This indicates that in spite of strong recovery in 2021-22 from the contraction last fiscal year, consumption recovery among the populace is still not broad-based

Consumption funds likely to pick up pace as economy recovers

Consumption as a theme is likely to improve once economic recovery picks up, feel market participants

Marico sees flat volumes in third quarter on weaker consumption

The company said the fast-moving consumer goods sector witnessed slowing consumption pattern

Festival cheer and beyond: Admirable sangfroid in the face of negative news

The government's recent spate of programmes should be expected to generate some momentum, but the macro-economic numbers are not encouraging, notes T N Ninan

Consumption stocks zoom in 10 years despite fall in consumer spend

The Nifty Consumption index surged nearly 228 per cent in the last 10 years and has outperformed the frontline Nifty50 that moved up nearly 138 per cent during this period

Covid may push India growth model from consumption driven to investment-led

The Covid-19 pandemic could act as an inflection point to shift India's growth model from being consumption driven to investments-led.

The ultimate scarcity: Overall consumption has stagnated over four years

Economic performance is also affected if large numbers of people are out of work, or at such low levels of income as to force under-consumption, writes T N Ninan

Need to further fuel drivers of consumption, private investment: Industry

There is a need to further fuel the drivers of household consumption and private investments to enhance the aggregate demand in the economy, industry chamber PHDCCI said on Sunday.

Middle class consumption will create $15 trn Indian economy: Gautam Adani

Group's focus is on creating long-term sustainable value, says businessman

Best of BS Opinion: India's data deficiency, question of compliance & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday

Q2 countdown: Pause over, India's consumption story moving fast again

Unlock, good monsoon, better pace of vaccination and rural demand could galvanise recovery

Despite hit to consumption, TV advertising grows in second wave: ASCI

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Burden of taxation impeding household consumption, says Ind Ra

Meanwhile, the agency also said that the second wave is likely to impact rural loan collections in securitised pools of loans.

Consumption recovery this time could be swifter than FY21: Phoenix Mills MD

In a Q&A, Shishir Shrivastava says his firm should start hitting the consumption trajectory of FY20 within 30-40 days

Can the rich help?

The recovery cannot be investments-led because most enterprises are nursing excess capacities

RBI says economic cost of second Covid-19 wave may be limited to Q1

Government must now step up expenditure to boost demand for private investment and consumption, said RBI

India's consumption market likely to triple by 2030, says BCG report

The consumption spurt will be driven by urbanisation, higher disposable incomes, and nuclear families

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Poll booths, wedding halls part of vaccine plan

Factors that will increase pressure to ration healthcare, signs of green shoots in consumer spending, lowest single-day death toll so far-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19