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10 Oct 2023, 17:46

Top 10 largest economies in the world

The economic health of a country is indicated by GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which refers to the total market value of all the goods and services a nation produces in a given year. The real GDP helps in ranking the countries economically. Fluctuations in the rate of a country’s currency can also lead to varying results.

21 Jun 2022, 12:14

How to check account balance in SBI with enquiry number

Incorporated in 1955, State Bank of India has been offering community service banking in India. One of the largest public sector banks in India, SBI ...

23 Jun 2021, 16:05

India’s GDP has contracted five times since 1947, but never as bad as 7.3%

India’s GDP has contracted by 7.3% over the past one year as per provisional estimates released by the National Statistical ...

19 Nov 2020, 12:07

Moody's revises India's FY21 GDP contraction to -10.6% after government announces new stimulus measures

Moody's Investor Service on Thursday revised the contraction rate of India's FY21 GDP to (-) 10.6 per cent from an earlier estimate of (-) 11.5 per cent.

12 Nov 2020, 13:48

RBI reports India has entered a technical recession for the very first time

India has technically entered into a recession with a likely contraction in its GDP during the July-September period, according to a report by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

15 Oct 2020, 09:55

World Bank President says COVID-19 pandemic is causing the one of the deepest recessions since Great Depression

He told reporters that given the extent of the economic contraction, there was a rising risk of disruptive debt crises in countries.

18 Sep 2020, 15:43

India’s fiscal deficit could hit $200 billion by the end of the financial year

The gap between government's total income and expenditure is expected to balloon to Rs 14.6 lakh crore or 7.6 per cent of GDP in FY21 as economic disruptions are set for a long haul due to Covid-19 pandemic, brokerages analysing the deficit numbers said.

14 Sep 2020, 20:31

Retail inflation softens marginally to 6.69% in August

Retail inflation softened slightly to 6.69 per cent in August, even as food prices continued to rule high, official data showed on Monday.

14 Sep 2020, 14:38

Food, fuel and manufactured goods got more expensive in August as compared to July

High food, fuel and manufactured goods' prices accelerated India's August wholesale inflation, official data showed on Monda...

08 Sep 2020, 19:33

Four ratings agencies see double-digit contraction in India's GDP for the whole year

India's economy is expected to contract 10.5 per cent in the current fiscal before bouncing back in the next financial year, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.

08 Sep 2020, 11:11

India's GDP will plummet by 10.5% this fiscal year forecasts Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday projected a massive 10.5 per cent contraction of India's economy in the current financial year.

25 Aug 2020, 14:57

Government consumption will continue to 'pandemic-proof' India's demand says RBI

Government consumption is expected to continue "pandemic-proofing" of demand, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday. In its Annua...

18 Aug 2020, 10:32

These are the 20 countries with the highest gold reserves

The Reserve Bank of India is reportedly looking to increase the gold reserves of the country to 10%, according to a media report. India has gold rese...

30 Jan 2020, 12:35

Rats ate my ₹2,500 crore irrigation project, Jharkhand explains how a dam was washed away within 14 hours of inauguration

Jharkhand Government's ambitious project worth ₹2,500 crore, Konar Dam, collapsed within 14 hours of inaugura...

24 Dec 2019, 14:58

The best Adani stock this year is also the most green one

The solar and wind power generator has a portfolio of 5,290 megawatts and half of it is operational. In the last three quarters, the company achieved...

29 Nov 2019, 17:03

India has overshot its deficit target halfway into the year

India's fiscal deficit at the end of October was ₹7.20 lakh crore — that's a little more than what it had aimed for at the end of March 2019.

18 Nov 2019, 06:18

India's nominal GDP growth has seen the sharpest fall in 20 years

Before accounting for inflation, the slowdown in the pace of India’s economic growth would seem nearly seven times worse than it does right now The c...

08 Nov 2019, 18:14

Upgrade post demonetisation, downgrade post tax cuts⁠— Moody's mood swings expose the economist’s inertia

Moody's upgraded India in November 2017, a year after demonetisation, but economic growth has hit a six-year low since then....

17 Oct 2019, 10:58

Rupee opens 5 paise higher at 71.38 vs USD in early trade

The Indian rupee opened 5 paise higher at 71.38 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday tracking positive opening in domestic equities and f...

24 Sep 2019, 15:20

A majority of family offices expect a recession next year - and they're hoarding cash to prepare

Mark Thompson/Getty Images Firms that manage money for the ultra-wealthy are worried. UBS released its global family office ...

23 Sep 2019, 19:54

Farmers are slamming Trump's $28 billion farm bailout - more than double Obama's 2009 payment to automakers - as a 'Band-Aid'

Scott Olson/Getty Images Trump campaigned to support farmers in 2016 but his tariffs have cut rancher incomes...

India cuts corporate tax rates to end the economic spiral and unleash the market's animal spirits

20 Sep 2019, 12:30

Exxon Mobil, BP and other oil stocks are surging after strikes on Saudi oil fields wiped out half of the Kingdom's oil output

AP Oil stocks are surging on Monday after strikes on Saudi oil fields damaged roughly half of the Kingdom's o...

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