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Budget 2024-25 likely to retain FY25 fiscal deficit target of 5.1%

Record RBI dividend may guide likely focus on capex, special package

S&P puts six Tata Group cos on credit watch rating with positive outlook

S&P Global Ratings on Friday said it has placed credit watch ratings with positive implications on six Tata Group entities, citing possible increase in group support. The companies are Tata Steel Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC(JLR), Tata Power Co Ltd, TML Holdings Pte Ltd and ABJA Investment Co Pte Ltd, S&P Global Ratings said in a statement. The rating actions came ahead of a review of the relationship between the group's holding company, Tata Sons Pte Ltd (unrated), and its subsidiaries, it added. S&P Global Ratings said its review will assess whether the potential of extraordinary support for the group entities from Tata Sons is greater than what it previously factored. "This is due to increasing operational and management linkages within the group," the rating agency said, adding that Tata Sons has a record of supporting group entities in events of stress. The group provided material extraordinary financial support to entities such as Tata ...

Strong economic base to help new govt make India a developed nation by 2047

India's world record beating economic growth rate together with robust tax revenues, a fast expanding digital and financial infrastructure and a strong manufacturing sector will give the new government a base for unleashing next generation reforms that may make the country a developed nation by 2047. The new government will however have to tackle with problems like unemployment and rural distress, which seemed to have played a major role in voting pattern in states like Uttar Pradesh, while also keeping inflation under control. Given that no party, including BJP, have a clear majority of its own, tough reforms like big ticket privatisation and labour law reforms may take a backseat. As per the available trends, BJP is likely to win about 240 seats in a 543- member Lok Sabha. It would have to rely on its allies like TDP and JDU to form the next government. The new government will have to build upon the 8.2 per cent GDP growth recorded in 2023-24 and carry on with the reforms to make

S&P Global Ratings to observe India's fiscal consolidation for next 2 years

It could give a ratings upgrade if govt is committed to fiscal glide path

India's GDP growth likely to outpace China's in 2024-28, says EIU

The report suggests that as India's economic heft expands, there would be a crossover in the mid-2040s with BRICS nations taking over the G7 in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP)

S&P Global will likely raise India's rating within 2 years, says Citi

S&P raised India's sovereign rating outlook to 'positive' from 'stable' on Wednesday, citing the country's strong economic fundamentals. It, however, kept the rating itself at 'BBB-'

Trade set-up for May 30: F&O expiry, weak global cues, Awfis debut in focus

All you need to know before the market opens on Thursday: Global markets are once again feeling the US rate cut jitters; market experts back home see 22,800 as immediate hurdle for the Nifty now.

S&P raises India outlook to 'positive' ahead of Lok Sabha poll results

"We forecast India's real GDP growth at 6.8 per cent this year, which compares favourably with emerging market peers amid a broad global slowdown," S&P Global Ratings said

From ICICI to HDFC: S&P upgrades outlook on six Indian banks to positive

The rating agency said in a statement that India's banking system continues to ride the good economic growth momentum, well supported by recent structural improvements in the system

S&P revises India's outlook to 'positive', maintains 'BBB-' rating

S&P rating aligns with similar ratings from other global agencies, including Fitch and Moody's, which also assigned the lowest investment grade rating to India but with a stable outlook

India to get rating support if it uses RBI dividend to reduce deficit: S&P

The interim budget presented in Parliament earlier in the year targets a fiscal deficit of 5.1 per cent of the GDP

Shriram Finance's HFC sale capital accretive, says S&P Global Ratings

Help to maintain 20 per cent year-on-year credit growth

S&P Global downgrades outlooks on 5 US banks to 'negative' on CRE exposures

The ratings agency downgraded the outlook for First Commonwealth Financial, M&T Bank, Synovus Financial, Trustmark and Valley National

S&P Global downgrades outlooks on 5 regional US banks to 'negative'

It downgraded First Commonwealth Financial, M&T Bank , Synovus Financial, Trustmark and Valley National Bancorp

RBI clampdown may tighten loan growth in FY25, says S&P Global Ratings

The recent regulatory measures have upside in terms of curtailing lenders' over-exuberance, enhancing compliance culture, and safeguarding customers

S&P Global Ratings raises India's GDP growth forecast for FY25 to 6.8%

'India likely to see rate cuts of up to 75 basis points in calendar year 2024'

RBI's regulatory scrutiny may raise lenders' capital costs: S&P Global

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) heightened regulatory scrutiny of lenders will improve governance and curtail exuberant lending but may raise their cost of capital as well as slow loan growth, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday.

British businesses keep up recovery but prices still a worry, shows PMI

Closely watched by the BoE ahead of its 1200 GMT interest rate decision, the S&P Global Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) inched down to 52.9 in March from 53.0 in February

Elections, harvesting activities to raise diesel demand, says S&P Global

Overall demand for oil products up 2.4% or 132,000 barrels per day in February

Slowdown in growth in new orders, output drags services PMI in Feb to 60.6

The survey polled around 400 companies in transport, information, communication, finance, insurance, real estate, non-retail consumer and business services