Samiran Chakrabarty

Inflation to avg at 5% in FY17; RBI may cut 25 bps in Dec: Pros

While the probability of a rate cut is slim in next four months, there are high chances of it in next 12 months, Pronab Sen, Country Director at IGC said.

See downside risks to Q1 GDP target of 6%: StanChart

The bank is not far from the consensus estimate of the FY15 GDP at around 5.3 percent, and FY16 GDP around 5.8-6 percent, says Samiran Chakrabarty, Head of Research, Standard Chartered Bank.

Govt still looking at inflation check from WPI angle: StanC

Samiran Chakrabarty of Standard Chartered Bank says except for the government talking about inflation control from the perspective of WPI and not CPI, which fails to find a mention in the review, nothing else is new.

How HZL stake sale will impact govt's divestment target

HZL stake sale will be a very important component on the overall divestment process where the government was hoping to get about Rs 55,000 crore, says Dr Samiran Chakrabarty, Head of Research, Standard Chartered.

FY14 GDP growth may surprise positively: StanChart

Chakrabarty bases his optimism on the resilience shown by the Indian economy to high interest rates and a depreciating rupee.

Sept IIP to be fiscal's best, sustenance tough: StanChart

Samiran Chakrabarty of Standard Chartered Bank is positive on the IIP data for September. However, he is cautious about the trend's continuity in the coming times.

Expect CAD below $70 bn this year: Samiran Chakrabarty

On the back of the positive trade number for September, Samiran Chakrabarty, head of research, Standard Chartered Bank feels there is a possibility of current account deficit falling below the USD 70 billion target.

Expect RBI to hike repo rate to 8% by 2013-end: StanChart

The Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI‘s) surprise 25bps repo rate hike to 7.50 percent on September 20 policy meeting indicates that the new RBI governor is focusing more on inflation than growth.

Targeting right kind of inflation is paramount: StanChart

Samiran Chakrabarty of Standard Chartered Bank, says the would help reduce inflation going forward. It is probably a good thing to target inflation as long as we are targeting the right kind of inflation.

Trade data may be silver lining for economy: StanChart

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Samiran Chakrabarty, Head of Research, Standard Chartered Bank spoke about his reading of the August trade deficit data and the road ahead.

Is sub 5% GDP growth new reality? Experts discuss

Sonal Varma of Nomura believes that the potential growth of the economy has been declining almost in every sector.

Expect full year GDP at around 4.7%: StanChart

Samiran Chakrabarty says the 3.9 percent growth in trade, hotels, transport, communication, which is a proxy of consumption implies that consumption has got significantly impacted.

Need CCI-like infra reforms more frequently: StanChart

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Samiran Chakrabarty of Standard Chartered says the entire foreign investor attention is on India due to its growth. Hence, any growth promoting measure is a positive, believes Chakrabarty who hopes such measure come in more frequently.

Trade deficit improvement will help rescue rupee: StanChart

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Samiran Chakrabarty, Standard Chartered Bank spoke about current account deficit.

WPI won't hit exports, high food prices may stay: Experts

Export competitiveness may not get impacted, as bulk of the inflation is coming from items that India does not export, like food. But food inflation may continue to stay on the higher side on a relative basis if the Food Security Bill actually plays out.

Dovish RBI! How soon will it rollback INR tightening steps?

By hinting at rate cuts in future and possibility of a rollback of its liquidity-control steps, Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao has managed to put a cap on the bond market yields.

RBI wants rupee sub 60, but higher rates needed: Experts

If the RBI wants a stronger currency then it will have to raise rates, offer the markets higher yields. If the RBI does not raise rates, then it is going to discover again that its problem is large Current Account Deficit (CAD)

Expect at least one rate cut going forward: Economists

As per consensus expectations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its policy interest rate by 25 basis points for the third time since January on Friday. It kept the cash reserve ration unchanged. In its statement RBI said there was little space for further easing.

Feb IIP grows at 0.6%: What it means for economy?

Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of February surprised the street with 0.6 percent growth versus expectations of a 1.7 percent contraction. Some experts believe that growth in exports has played a positive role but warn that it is not a very strong and sustainable recovery.