scorecardresearch
Sunday, September 29, 2024
TopicInflation

Topic: inflation

It’ll be a tight-rope walk, but here’s what Sitharaman can do to boost investor confidence

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman faces difficult choice in Budget 2020 — to provide stable policy regime or make policy changes to arrest the slowdown.

Subramanian Swamy’s bizarre economic solution & Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘inflation horse’

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

Inflation knocking on the door, ‘criticise’ Rahul to get leave and ‘batsman’ Satya Nadella

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

Hating ‘Windows’, inflation high up in sky & Sitharaman’s absence from budget meet

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

It’s not inflation but economic stagnation that poses a bigger worry for India

Risk of economic stagnation combined with high inflation has risen, though former remains the dominant force. RBI shouldn’t get nervous and worsen it.

Inflation jumps to 5-year high of 7.35%, could hold RBI back from cutting rates again

Rising vegetable & pulses prices are blamed for the runaway inflation. This is expected to force RBI to hold key rates next month.

Inflation set to breach 6% limit today as rising oil price is the new threat

Oil rose above $70 a barrel last week amid US-Iran tensions, and while they’ve since eased, prices remain elevated compared to last year.

5.5% inflation is transitory, it shouldn’t prevent a fiscal boost in Budget 2020

The rise in consumer price inflation (CPI) in the weeks before the presentation of the Union Budget has raised concerns that it could influence...

RBI’s monetary policy panel was rattled by surging inflation, document shows

Minutes of the 3-5 Dec MPC meetings show why RBI opted to hold the benchmark rate at 5.15% while retaining its accommodative policy stance.

RBI survey shows consumer confidence in India at its lowest since Modi became PM

The drop coincides with a deepening slowdown in the Indian economy, increased concerns about employment, and the NBFC crisis.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?