Page 5 - Economic Slowdown

India's startup sector sees 80% drop in Q3 funding, slowdown to continue

The funding in Indian startups nosedived a massive 80 per cent (year-on-year) in the third quarter (July-September period) this year, with the late stage funding seeing the biggest fall

Samsung delaying Galaxy Tab S9 Series launch amid economic slowdown: Report

South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly delaying the launch of the next-generation Galaxy Tab S9 series due to the recent global economic uncertainty

Tiruppur exporters brace for slowdown, see demand dipping by 40%

Tiruppur contributed around 54.2 per cent of the country's textile exports last fiscal

IT shares extend fall; TCS, Wipro, Infy hit 52-week lows on growth concerns

In the past two weeks, the Nifty IT index has tanked 10 per cent, as against a 5 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.

S&P projects India's FY23 GDP growth at 7.3%, pegs inflation above 6%

S&P Global Ratings on Monday projected India's economic growth at 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal with downside risks and said inflation is likely to remain above RBI's upper tolerance threshold of 6 per cent till the end of 2022. In its Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific, S&P said India's growth next year will get support from domestic demand recovery after the coronavirus pandemic. "We have retained our India growth outlook at 7.3 per cent for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and 6.5 per cent for the next fiscal year, although we see the risks tilted to the downside," it said. Other agencies have cut India's GDP growth forecast amid higher inflation and rising policy interest rates. Earlier this month, Fitch Ratings slashed the growth estimate to 7 per cent for the current fiscal from 7.8 per cent pegged earlier. India Ratings & Research too had reduced its projections to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent earlier. Asian Development Bank has cut the projection to 7 per cent from ...

Global stocks slide for third day on fears of possible global recession

Global stocks fell for a third day Friday after more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to control persistent inflation spurred fears of a possible global recession. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Oil prices fell by more than $1 per barrel. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Wall Street futures were lower following rate hikes Thursday by central banks in Britain, Switzerland, Turkey and the Philippines. The Fed hiked its key rate on Wednesday for a fifth time this year and indicated more rises were on the way. Global equities are struggling as the world anticipates surging rates will trigger a much sooner and possibly severe global recession, Edward Moya of Oanda said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.6% to 7,127.70 and the DAX in Frankfurt shed 0.3% to 12,490.55. The CAC 40 in Paris was 0.2% lower at 5,905.20. On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index and Dow Jones

India's GDP likely to grow 7.2-7.4% in FY23, says CEA Nageswaran

Global slowdown positive for India on balance, says CEA

Slowdown in West, on balance, would be positive for India: CEA Nageswaran

'Signs are very encouraging' are for the Indian economy, he says in an interview

Turbulence ahead: A slowdown in global demand is underway

Pricing risks could be next, but monetary conditions can remain tight

Nomura raises India's CAD estimate on fears of slowdown in export

Research house Nomura expects CAD as a share of the gross domestic product to triple this fiscal year, saying that a global economic slowdown will further skew the country's trade imbalances

Economic 'Long Covid': India better, but it's on the same planet as others

In a difficult pandemic-hit period, India may be doing better than almost all other large economies, but the over-arching goal of rapid economic growth just does not show on the map, notes T N Ninan

13.5% growth hides warts

The 13.5% print is lower than consensus estimates, and more so, when compared with the Reserve Bank of India's Q1 forecast of 16.2%

Brent oil climbs above $100 a barrel amid talk about OPEC output cuts

Brent for October settlement reached a three-week high, trading up $1.30, or 1.3%, at $101.52 a barrel by 0850 GMT. U.S. crude was up $1.18, or 1.3%, at $94.92 a barrel.

Virtual reality jobs die down at Meta, Google amid hiring freeze: Report

The VR job postings have also slowed down at other Big Tech companies like Apple and Google amid the hiring frezz and layoff season owing to the global economic meltdown, according to Revelio labs

Xiaomi cuts over 900 jobs globally as Q2 revenue dips 20%: Report

"In this quarter, our industry faced many challenges, including rising global inflation, foreign exchange fluctuations (and) complex political environment," said Xiaomi president Wang Xiang

Industrial China is alive and well despite concerns of economic slowdown

Data this past week showed a dismal picture: China's industrial output rose 3.8% from a year earlier, which was below expectations, fixed investment grew slower than forecast and credit was weak

'Too little, too late': China interest rate cut spurs call for more moves

Unlike many advanced economies right now, China's core inflation -- which excludes volatile energy and food prices -- is pretty tame, slowing to merely 0.8% in July

'There will be blood on streets,' Google execs warn employees about layoffs

As Big Tech companies begin to lay off employees, Google executives have reportedly warned workers to either boost performance or prepare to leave as "there will be blood on the streets"

Goldman sees strong case for higher oil prices despite negative shocks

The market will remain in unsustainable deficits at current prices and balancing it will still require 'demand destruction on top of the ongoing economic slowdown', says the investment bank

Asian unicorns are trading 40% cheaper than 6 months ago in private markets

"For some of the unicorns, we are seeing very limited demand," Patel said, adding that bid offers are 25% to 50% lower compared with the firms' latest fundraising valuations.