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Returns from consumption stocks could be muted, says Kenneth Andrade

On the liquidity side, the consensus still favours India to be one of the faster growing economies across the world, says Andrade

Modi 2.0's new clothes

The economy has been slowing down for over a year now, but Mr Modi and his government had been in (election-induced) denial

Letter to BS: Pro-capital economy which balances public sector is essential

The public sector must be reduced whenever it becomes a fiscal and administrative burden like Air India

India 43rd most competitive economy, Singapore tops the list: Report

Singapore has moved up to the top, from the third position last year, while the US has slipped to the third place in the 2019 edition of the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings

Central bankers to stage dovish view as economic data continues to vex

Here's the weekly rundown of the other key economic events.

The flawed narrative that India's a land of villages hurts growth prospects

The resulting misallocation of resources is making India's blossoming urban areas well-nigh unlivable

Investment climate in India has improved, govt capex picking up: CARE

Overall capex of the government in the first 7 months of the year was Rs 1.77 trillion as against Rs 1.62 trillion last year, says a CARE report

Transfer of RBI revaluation reserves can give deflationary shock to economy

Such a transfer can deliver an unintended cataclysmic deflationary shock to the real economy, driving interest rates way too high, and leading to a massive collapse in output and employment

Govt will meet fiscal deficit goals, fresh steps on cards to narrow CAD: FM

FM says the way crude oil prices are going up, there will be some adverse impact

Govt bent on meeting fiscal deficit goal, more steps to narrow CAD: Jaitley

He said the government has cut the borrowing target for the current fiscal by Rs 700 billion

Incumbents vs insurgents

Regulatory cholesterol reduces competition, increases inequality and hurts job creation without helping workers

The state of the economy

The IMF has argued for fiscal and monetary prudence. But for accelerating growth India should be prudent about such prudence

Meet Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic advisor in the finance ministry

The Principal Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance talks about IBC, Shashakt and state-owned banks

More CEOs in India confident of global economy than home turf: Survey

The increasing protectionism, specially in erstwhile bastions of free enterprise, has led 36% CEOs to become cautious about geographic expansion in developed countries

Major growth in road projects can be disastrous for economy: Study

"Many roads that are planned for wet, swampy or mountainous regions should not be built, and that is based only on economic criteria," said William Laurance

GDP growth slows to 5.7% in Q1, FY18

India's GDP growth slowed to 5.7% in April-June 2017

Addressing the NDC implementation challenge to mitigate climate change

Governments, think-tanks, industry & academia will have to work together to surmount this challenge

Job creation rate not in sync with GDP growth a concern for India

While the country needs 15 million new jobs every year, only 7 million jobs are created annually

Our global 24/7 economy and the wealth of nations

A market that works relentlessly, 24 hours a day and seven days a week is called 24/7 economy

These economies are getting more miserable this year

Venezuela tops the list again, but it's the moves in the middle that matter