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US retail sales drop in May, hinting at shift to spending on services
The total value of retail purchases fell 1.3% in May following an upwardly revised 0.9% gain in April, Commerce Department figures showed Tuesday.
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Manufacturing might or services - what will steer India's future economy?
We must acknowledge that India cannot replicate the export orientation of the East Asian manufacturing story, or even Bangladesh. The services story will have to compensate for this, writes T N Ninan
Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0: Prudent measures to boost job creation, stem capital destruction
The government is hoping that the green shoots visible in high-frequency data will further translate into a GDP uplift. And the latest measures - pragmatic and specific - will aid that
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Aatmanirbhar mission to make India hub of manufacturing, services: Thakur
Under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package, the government has identified certain sectors that will get a boost and introduced various schemes to benefit businesses, Thakur said
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Why Informal India cannot be 'Atmanirbhar' India
The romanticism around employment-generating and cost-cutting characteristics of these informal firms have made us believe that informality is forced by excessive cost of regulation
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Export of services rises 11.6% to $20 bn in Dec; imports up 10.3%
Surplus in trade services stood at $7.45 billion for December
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India's services exports rise 6.6% in March; services imports up by 10.55%
The trade balance in services for March under review is estimated at $6.58 billion
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Letter to BS: Services should be linked with all other economic activities
The recent session (Geneva, 1-2 May, 2019) of the UNCTAD multi-year expert meeting on trade, services and development focused on the strengthening productive capacity through services
Services need to gear up for Industrial Revolution 4.0: Sitharaman
Next revolution level encompasses use of robotics, AI, increasing digitisation, experts said
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Services exports fall 4.6% to $12.78 bn in July
Import of services also declined by 1.2% to $7.41 bn in July 2016
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