Wholesale inflation in India, based on the Wholesale Price Index, remained in positive territory for the fifth month after remaining in the negative zone for seven months until October. The annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) numbers is 0.53 per cent (Provisional) for March 2024 (over March 2023), showed […]
CareEdge Ratings estimates bank credit growth in India to be in the range of 14-14.5 per cent in financial year 2024-25. In current financial year 2023-24, credit offtake is anticipated to close with a growth of around 16 per cent excluding the HDFC merger. According to the rating agency, the effect of the HDFC merger […]
After S&P Global, Morgan Stanley has revised its GDP growth forecast upwards for the financial year 2024-25 (FY25) to 6.8 per cent, up from its previous estimate of 6.5 per cent. The firm also revised its growth forecast for the ongoing financial year, FY24, to 7.9 per cent. The revised projections come in the wake […]
Retail inflation in India eased a tad in February to 5.09 per cent from 5.10 per cent the prior month. It was at a four-month high of 5.69 per cent in December. The retail inflation in India, though within RBI’s 2-6 per cent comfort level, is above the ideal 4 per cent scenario. The latest […]
India’s GDP grew at a massive 8.4 per cent during the October-December quarter of the current financial year 2023-24 and the country continued to remain the fastest-growing major economy. The Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent and 7.6 per cent during the preceding two quarters – April-June and July-September, data released by the Ministry of […]
Morgan Stanley expects the Reserve Bank of India to start cutting rates from June 2024, with both retail and wholesale inflation figures remaining at a manageable level. The Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI in its February review meeting unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, maintaining status quo […]
Retail inflation in India eased in January to 5.10 per cent on an annual basis compared to a four-month high of 5.69 per cent in December. Inflation rates in rural and urban areas, respectively, stood at 5.34 per cent and 4.92 per cent, down from 5.93 per cent and 5.46 per cent, reported in the […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), while maintaining the status quo in the repo rate, pegged India’s GDP growth for the next financial year 2024-25 (April-March) at 7 per cent. Quarter-wise, 7.2 per cent growth is seen in Q1, 6.8 in Q2, 7.0 in Q3, and 6.9 in Q4, respectively. RBI said that risks are […]
India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (INPMI), climbed to 56.5, up from an 18-month low of 54.9 in December, according to HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index compiled by S&P Global. India’s manufacturing industry had significant progress at the start of 2024, achieving its quickest expansion in four months in January. Although the final reading was […]
Global inflation continued to ease, giving hints of loosening of central bank interest rates in 2024. The global headline rates of inflation are projected to reach 4.8 per cent, a sharp decline from 5.9 per cent in 2023 and 9.2 per cent in 2022, chief economists at the World Economic Forum said in a report. […]
