Economic Indicators

P Chidambaram flays govt over economic indicators; says imports, exports down, bank credit declined, no new investment

Chidambaram, the former finance minister, said he has asked his family to tweet, giving two more economic indicators for the people to draw their own conclusions

China's industrial profits suffer first drop in three years; trade dispute with US piles pressure on manufacturing sector

In November, China’s factory price growth slowed to the weakest pace in two years as domestic demand lost further momentum.

US commerce dept not to publish economic data during shutdown; new home sales figures release to be postponed: Report

A commerce department official said previously that new home sales data scheduled for release on Thursday would be postponed as long as the partial government shutdown continued.

GDP back series data: New numbers do not pass the basic smell test; mess of the past has just got worsened

The biggest takeaway from this GDP back series data is that the economic growth between 2004-2005 and 2011-2012, and the economic growth between 2011-2012 and 2017-2018, was more or less the same.

Sensex crosses 32,000: Here are four charts that belie the stock market's exuberance

Tepid growth in IIP and GDP, corporate investment is shrinking, bank credit growth is at multi-decade low but Sensex at 32,000. Here's what is missing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India's macro-economic indicators improved in last three years

Modi said by paying subsidies directly to the poor rather than indirectly through price concessions, India achieved large fiscal savings.

In Malaysia, PM Modi extols virtues of Indian economy; calls Asean 'natural partner' for India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India was doing well in almost every economic indicator. "By almost every economic indicator, India is doing better than we (NDA government) took office 18 months ago," Modi said in his address to the Asean Business and Investment Summit on the first day of his four-day visit to Malaysia and Singapore

Economy during Modi's first year as PM: Check out what changed and what didn't

Modi cannot run the show on his own. He has to take into account not just his colleagues, but even the Opposition.

Sure, Modi's 1 year has got green shoots holding up but there are problems looming

The Modi government can take heart over better numbers but rejoicing over these should not lead complacency

World's leading economies lag behind in natural capital

An index released ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil showed that large economies of the world have lower growth of natural assets such as forest cover, water and fisheries.