Page 23 - Economic Slowdown

Slowdown effect? Salary increase in 2020 may be lowest in a decade at 9.1%

However, 39% of companies still plan to offer increases of 10% or more: Aon survey

Moody's cuts India's 2020 growth forecast to 5.4% amid coronavirus fears

With the virus continuing to spread, it is still too early to make a final assessment of the impact on China (A1 stable) and the global economy.

Letter to BS: Economic slowdown hits debt-servicing capacity of borrowers

Since income generation from economic activities and jobs is crucial to the recovery of bad loans, focusing simply on the effectiveness of the recovery tools will hardly make a difference.

Ahead of UP budget, Adityanath govt looks to balance populism, development

The economic slowdown has taken a toll on the state's industrial growth and consequently the collection of taxes, which is further putting a strain on its finances

A tale of two companies: Britannia, Nestle draw up contrasting strategies

Bengaluru company is scaling down initiatives & Gurugram firm is aggressive

HUL braves slowdown, premium valuation to sustain on Street's thumbs up

Revised target price indicates upside of 7-10% from current level

India's growth set to bounce back as slump bottoms out: Govt adviser

"Corporate tax reductions, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and the banking sector reforms have helped and will help propel growth further," Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic adviser to govt, said

Economy not in trouble; green shoots visible: Nirmala Sitharaman

She said increasing Foreign Direct Investment, rise in factory output and over Rs 1 trillion GST collection in the past three months are indications of green shoots in the economy

Economy near collapse, being attended by incompetent doctors: Chidambaram

Initiating the debate on the Union Budget for 2020-21 in Rajya Sabha, he said rising unemployment and falling consumption was making India poorer

ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel bullish on India despite economic slowdown

The joint venture - 60 per cent held by ArcelorMittal and the balance by Nippon Steel - was renamed AM/NS India

Bengaluru's realty market emerges unscathed from economic slowdown

Besides the traditional segments, the demand for co-living, co-working and senior living is keeping the sector buzzing

Economy fundamentals strong; markets show faith in Budget 2020: Sitharaman

FM says country's macroeconomic parameters are sound

Best of BS Opinion: Delhi Assembly elections, economic slowdown, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about issues related to policy and politics

Why India's present slump is a more serious issue than earlier slowdowns

What is unusual about the current period of slow growth is that it has come without an exogenous driver, unlike all previous periods of slowdown, going back 50 years, writes T N Ninan

India should double credit growth to 15% for $5 trn economy by '25: Bankers

The country has recorded high double-digit credit growth in the past and is capable of achieving similar growth now as well, they added

Fundamentals of Indian economy strong, no reason for being despondent: Modi

Rejecting pessimism over the target of nearly doubling the size of the economy to $5 trillion, he said aspirational targets were needed to move ahead

Why a growth rate falling below 5% is a clear and present danger for India

At 5 per cent, GDP growth in the current year would be an 11-year low. Worse, this will also mark a deceleration for a third straight year, writes A K Bhattacharya

Budget 2020 is indeed a 'bold' Budget; you cannot fault Sitharaman here

If doing away with tax exemptions is not 'bold', what is? It has annoyed savers which is as good a definition of 'bold' as you will ever get. Structural reform is like that only

DefExpo 2020: US wants security partner India to purchase its arms

Asked whether the flat Indian defence Budget was impeding US sales, the US ambassador to India blamed 'the slowdown'

Titan's jewellery business braves economic slowdown storm in Q3

Better jewellery product mix led to sales rise, gold price trend will be key hereon