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Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt for rising unemployment, inflation in India

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government for rising unemployment in the country, inflation, and attack on farmers

MPC should have said little sustained inflation will be good for economy

Keynesian expansionism of central bank balance sheets has run its course; the marginal benefits from it will be negligible.

Under the shadow of Covid-19 pandemic, inflation bites India the hardest

Though inflation levels in India are incomparable with developed countries and emerging peers, the noticeable dip during lockdown that happened in most countries eluded India

India retail inflation to stay above 7% in Nov, economists say: Report

India's retail inflation probably fell in November from October but remained above the Reserve Bank of India's target, amid high food and petrol prices, a poll of economists showed

Bengal, Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst affected by rising inflation

Price rise in rural areas leads to four states recording inflation in double digits

India among a few major EMs with rising inflation in October, shows data

Among these nations, the rise in core inflation is the highest in India

Inflation is a key risk to India's V-shaped economic recovery

As we parse through the data, we think that the underlying growth momentum suggests a broadening of the recovery, with domestic demand indicators improving

Why the temporal distribution of 2020 monsoon season is highly skewed

The phenomenon has caused a lot of problems, such as the spurt in food prices and disruption in supplies due to breakdown in the already Covid-19-battered transport in the hinterland

RBI MPC starts meeting to decide new rates amid slowdown, rising inflation

The retail inflation that for several months remained in the comfort zone of the central bank has started inching up and crossed the 7 per cent mark during December 2019

Odisha, Telangana record steepest inflation rate in December 2019

In Odisha, the inflation rate was unusually high in December 2019 largely on account of steep food prices

Top events today: Chanda Kocchar's termination, CPI inflation, and more

From arrival of foreign ministers for Raisina Dialogue 2020 to Queen Elizabeth's emergency meeting over royal couple's future roles, Business Standard brings you the top events of the day

Not turning lower inflation into low interest rates hurting growth: EAC-PM

Efforts should be mounted to lower the interest rate burdens for borrowers, and RBI's pause had a "terrible" effect of costs for a third of borrowers going up by 0.25 per cent

Don't get spooked by the inflation

Monetary policy today is on the right track, delivering 4% year-on-year CPI inflation, which is the most that it can do

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

WPI inflation eases to 0.33% in September on cheaper non-food articles

The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 5.22 per cent in September 2018

Letter to BS: Services inflation might be one of reasons for slowdown

Till now we are calculating only goods inflation; we have to calculate services inflation as well

Budget numbers indeed look challenging to achieve: DSP MF's Saurabh Bhatia

Whilst the noise on feasibility of budget numbers and risks on sovereign borrowing would persist in the near term, the budget outcome has certainly eased the job for RBI MPC to ease rates further

Govt's plan to sell its first foreign sovereign bonds a risky money idea?

A key nationalist ally of Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has called the proposal a 'dangerous idea', which could lead India into a debt trap

Eco Survey 2019: Economy moved to low level of inflation in last 5 fiscals

Retail inflation during the first month of the current fiscal stood at 2.9 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent a year ago

Services become costlier, goods cheaper in five years of NDA government

This is reflected in the consumer price inflation (CPI) rate in the sector, which touched double digits