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Rupee stability, easing inflation key to next rate cut: Experts

Jun 17, 2013

The repo rate remains at 7.25 percent and the cash reserve ratio (CRR), or the share of deposits banks must keep with the central bank, stays at 4.00 percent, despite falling inflation in recent months. #Inflation #RBI #Monsoon #PolicyWatch #ExpertView #Indian rupee #Rate cut
Fitch revises outlook on 10 Indian financial institutions

Jun 14, 2013

#India #ExpertView #Fitch #Financial institutions
HSBC lowers India's FY'14 growth forecast to 5.5%

Jun 13, 2013

#WhyNow #GDP #HSBC #ExpertView
Optimistic World Bank sees 6.7% GDP growth for India by FY'15

Jun 13, 2013

The World Bank today forecast a 6.7 percent growth rate for India by next fiscal as exports and private investment are projected to strengthen and provide a boost to growth. #Economy #GDP #World Bank #Growth #Expert View
Why Fitch's revised 'stable' outlook on India is a breather for FM

Jun 13, 2013

Fitch Ratings has revised India's outlook to stable from negative on measures taken by the government to contain the budget deficit. #Economy #P. Chidambaram #fiscal deficit #ExpertView #Fitch #India outlook #Stable #Fitch credit rating
Rupee weakness may limit scope for RBI rate cut: Fitch

Jun 12, 2013

"The recent weakness of the exchange rate may, however, complicate policy management and limit the scope for further cuts in RBI policy rates," the agency said in a statement. #RBI #Rupee #ExpertView #Indian currency #Fitch Rating #RBI rate cut
IIP disappoints: SBI chief says policy makers must wake up

Jun 12, 2013

The chairman of the nation's largest bank stressed the need to give more attention to the industrial sector, saying all major economies in the world have grown on the back of their manufacturing prowess. #Inflation #Economy #IIP #SBI #ExpertView
Raghuram Rajan promises more reforms, including FDI, to contain CAD

Jun 12, 2013

The government, RBI and capital market regulator Sebi will take "warranted" action to stall a sharp fall in the rupee, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser Raghuram Rajan said today. #India #Rupee #FDI #Raghuram Rajan #ExpertView #currenct account deficit
US to hire more, India's employment opportunity weakens

Jun 11, 2013

Manpower, which surveyed 42 economies, found that employers in 31 countries and territories planned to hire next quarter. #United States #India #jobs #Employment #Hiring #JobAlert #Expert View
S&P revises US credit outlook to 'stable' on improved tax receipts

Jun 10, 2013

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Monday upgraded its credit outlook for the United States government to "stable" from "negative," saying the chances of a downgrade of the country's rating is "less than one in three." #United States #S&P #WhyNow #Expert View

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In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

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Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

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Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

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Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
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US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.