Minutes of Monetary Policy Committee meeting show that several members felt debt-fuelled consumption could become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ to boost overall growth.
Data for 2022-23 shows households’ reliance on borrowings has increased not only to finance consumption, but also to purchase or construct property. Vehicle loans also saw an increase.
Paper co-authored by SBI chief economist Soumya Kanti Ghosh underscores how policies geared towards boosting real income and reducing inflation could help hike savings rate in India.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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