Consumer Spending

ArcelorMittal's shares up 2.5%, demand recovery to remain sluggish in near term; all this and more on Moneycontrol Pro

ArcelorMittal’s shares rose by 2.5% on Friday, the day the Supreme Court cleared its acquisition of Essar Steel.

Missing consumer expenditure survey: Everyone knows what the numbers signal; opaqueness will only widen trust deficit

One just needs to look at the sales figures of auto makers, FMCG companies and state of the manufacturing and construction sector to understand where does the consumer confidence indicators point at this stage.

Consumer economy in doldrums, stocks pick from analysts; read all this and more on Moneycontrol Pro

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RBI rate cut to spur investment, boost consumer spending amid growth concerns: Industry chambers

RBI's decision to lower benchmark interest rate will boost investment and buttress consumer spending amid "growth concerns", provided banks transmit the reduction, industry bodies said on Thursday

India poised to become third-largest consumer market; spending expected to grow to $6 trillion by 2030: WEF

If realised, this would make India's consumer market the third-largest in the world, behind the US and China,

Manufacturing growth eases in August on softer domestic demand; weak rupee boosts exports: PMI

Indian economy expanded 8.2 percent in the April-June quarter, its fastest pace in more than two years, driven by solid growth in manufacturing and consumer spending

India becomes world's sixth biggest economy, pushes France to 7th place in World Bank ranking

India's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to $2.597 trillion at the end of last year, against $2.582 trillion for France.

GDP growth hits 3-year low of 5.7% in June quarter as demonetisation hurts consumer demand

Services and manufacturing activity contracted at their fastest rate in years in July, the month that the GST was launched.

How demonetisation took the wind out of realty, automobile and FMCG stocks in just 2 months

Bigger concern of the lingering cash shortage and its impact on the overall economy in the coming months triggered panic selling in stocks of sectors which had direct bearing due to the note ban decision

Consumer spending adversely affected by social media posts

Negative or neutral likes or comments on a product on social media platforms may influence a buyer as well as impact its sales and revenue, a study by researchers here, including one of Indian-origin, has showed.