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TopicEconomy slowdown

Topic: Economy slowdown

Chinese economy has been hit by a perfect storm: Property shock, Zero Covid, climate, Taiwan

Radhika Pandey -
The world's second largest economy is in crisis, hit by lockdowns, impaired supply chains, slump in real estate sector and geo-political tensions.

Lack of demand, low import duty, price crash — Kerala’s rubber trouble stretches on

Abhish K Bose -
Farmers in Kerala are looking at alternative crops or not tapping their rubber as prices have crashed due to lack of demand, imports and labour.

India should spend more to revive demand, not worry about deficit: Economy expert Martin Wolf

Remya Nair -
Speaking at ThePrint's OffTheCuff, Chief Economics Commentator at The Financial Times Martin Wolf said India can afford to increase its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90%, but should avoid borrowing in foreign currency.

‘Life will return’ to Indian businesses in September if all goes well: Sundaram Finance

Ganesh Nagarajan -
The prediction is based on the estimate that any policies to alleviate stress will take about four months to percolate through the Indian economy.

What crisis? HDFC Bank is ramping up corporate loans while rivals are retreating

Suvashree Ghosh -
HDFC Bank’s lending to large & small companies surged 63% over 2 years through 31 Dec as economy went from world-leading growth to slowest expansion in 6 years.

Salary increases this year in India will be the smallest in a decade, says survey

Ragini Saxena -
Indian companies will increase average pay by 9.1% in 2020, down from 9.3% in 2019 and 9.5% the previous year, and the slowest since 2009.

Budget for a dozing economy, Sitharaman’s tightrope & Economic Survey’s doublespeak

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

S Acharya on 5-6% GDP, H Drabu on J&K & Valson Thampu rues Opposition ‘collapse’

Fiza Jha -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Personal loan defaults become a worry after Indian unemployment rises to 45-year high

Ameya Karve -
Credit analysts are signalling potential risks in personal loans following the slowdown in the economy and a drying-up of credit from shadow banks.

Indians aren’t optimistic about the economy’s present or future, RBI survey finds

Achyut Mishra -
RBI consumer confidence survey exhibits dimming sentiments on factors such as employment situation, income earned & spending on non-essential items.

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Opinion

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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