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Falling Food Prices Bring Down Inflation Sharply To 5.02%
India's consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation for September eased to 5.02 per cent as against 6.83 per cent in August, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday
Monsoon Recovery Pushes Up Demand For FMCG, Stores Gear For Festival Rush
The monsoon recovery in September has boosted demand and perception of demand on the part of kirana stores or corner shops quite literally across India. Which is leading to increased stocking ahead of a potential festival season spike.
The IMF Has Raised FY24 India Growth Projection To 6.3%
The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) kept its global growth forecast unchanged at 3 per cent for 2023 while paring down the 2024 projection by 10 basis points to 2.9 per cent
World Markets Take A Hit On Israel-Hamas War
Oil prices surged partially after an unexpected attack on Israel by Hamas raising tensions in the middle east. US crude futures surged as much as 5.4% in New York, at one point topping $87 a barrel but slipped back a little
Markets Brace For Middle East Tension Impact
Bloomberg reported that major equities gauges in the Middle East region fell Sunday, led by a 7% drop on Israel's benchmark TA-35 stock index, its biggest loss in more than three years.
Goldman Sachs Takes A Pause On Indian Stocks
After a spate of bullish reports on India, where each report was almost trying to outdo the previous one on bullishness, Goldman Sachs appears to be now taking a pause
Global Markets Are In Turmoil As Interest Rates Head Higher
The rapid rise in rates in the past few weeks is increasingly spilling over into other financial markets and denting the allure of riskier assets like stocks. The S&P 500 closed Tuesday at its lowest level since early June, after falling 1.4%
World Bank Raises India Inflation Projection To 5.9%
The World Bank on Tuesday said India's GDP is projected to grow at 6.3 per cent in FY24. The institution maintained its growth forecast for the country, having previously reduced it from 6.6 per cent in April
Unemployment Rate In The Country Drops To 1-Year Low In September
That's the lowest reading since September last year. Rural unemployment dropped to 6.20%, from 7.11% in August, while urban unemployment rate fell to 8.94% from 10.09% in the same period
Maruti Hits Record Sales In September And GST Collections Steady
Gross Goods and Service tax collections have gone over Rs 162,000 crore in September, around 10 per cent higher than the GST revenue of Rs 1.47 trillion in the same month last year, the finance ministry said in a statement
India's Housing Markets Continue To Boom
In The Third Quarter of 2023, Housing Sales are at an All-time High with 120,000 units Sold in Top 7 Cities - Up 36% Year On Year, housing real estate consulting firm Anarock has said
100 Bagger Stocks In Indian Markets Are Mostly Manufacturing Companies
ICICI Securities in an exhaustive report has concluded that traditional manufacturing and a few service companies form the bulk of the 100-baggers, sporting greater than 25% CAGR stock price appreciation (ex-dividends) over a 20-year period
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Govindraj Ethiraj
Govindraj Ethiraj is a television & print journalist and Editor of www.thecore.in, a multi-platform business news venture focussed primarily on traditional economy and financial markets. He also founded IndiaSpend.org & Boomlive.in, data journalism and fact check initiatives. Previously, he was Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India, a 24-hours business news service launched out of Mumbai in 2008. Prior to setting up Bloomberg TV India, he worked with Business Standard newspaper as Editor (New Media) and spent around five years each with CNBC-TV18 & The Economic Times. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado, a McNulty Prize Laureate 2018 & a winner of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Awards for 2014. He is a Member, World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Information Integrity, 2025.
