Senior Economist

BJP & Cong spokespersons spar over India's growth figures

Speaking to CNN-News18 Sudesh Varma, BJP spokesperson, said the Congress probably ran vendetta politics; Congress Spokesperson, Dr Ajoy Kumar, said that under the UPA government the economy grew over 9 percent and that the highest FDI happened in 2011.

It's not a big negative if there are no rate cuts: SBI Chairman

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI, said it it won‘t be a big negative, if there are no rate cuts. But she did say that a rate cut brings in more confidence. A whole of experts, and industry experts also spoke on the RBI's latest report.

Fed's dovish stance may lead to volatility in markets: StanChart

Sarah Hewin, Senior Economist, Standard Chartered, says the Fed did not talk about balance of risks to growth and did not raise the inflation forecasts, which showed they may not be preparing for rate hike anytime soon.

China fears overstated; oil may recover in early 2016: JPM

James Glassman,Senior Economist JPMorgan says, he would not be surprised if oil prices recovered in early party of 2016.

Brazil downgraded to 'junk' rating by S&P, deepening woes

The faster-than-anticipated downgrade from investment grade will likely rock Brazilian financial markets on Thursday and will increase borrowing costs for the government and Brazilian companies.

Japan July industrial output falls; export demand worrisome

The 0.6 percent decline in output in July was much worse than the median estimate for a 0.1 percent increase and follows a 1.1 rise in June, trade ministry data showed on Monday.

Don't expect major news from Jackson Hole meet: Glassman

According to James Glassman, Senior Economist, JPMorgan Chase Bank the best thing Central Bankers can to do in current situation is stay true to their own view of what is going on in the economy and not react to market volatility.

Investors to PBoC: Can we have some more?

"The PBoC has come across hesitant and reactive. Policy easing has followed rather than pre-empted the pullback in the economy as well as asset markets," said Vishnu Varathan, senior economist at Mizuho Bank.

Global July factory growth muted as order growth eases: PMI

JPMorgan's Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), produced with Markit, held steady at June's 51.0 last month, matching April's near two-year low.

Positive on India growth; Fed may hike in Sep: Glassman

Although the Fed is keenly watching for some more evidence on the jobs market, the layoffs in the US have been at all time lows, says Glassman.in an interview to CNBC-TV18.

Economic growth halves hunger in Asia over 25 years: UN

The target, one of eight international development goals agreed upon by world leaders in 2000, was to halve the proportion of hungry people around the world by 2015 from 1990 levels.

Reforms at risk as China eyes 2020 growth goal

Many economists already think 2015 growth will miss that mark - the IMF expects 6.8 percent followed by 6.25 percent in 2016 - but Beijing needs average growth of close to 7 percent to hit a previously declared aim of doubling gross domestic product and per capita income by 2020 from 2010.

RBI likely to cut rates by 25 bps to 7.25% on June 2: poll

That would put India on a different path to the United States, where the Federal Reserve is widely expected to begin tightening policy later this year. The RBI has taken the precaution of building up currency reserves in case markets turn volatile amid the impending divergence.

Could QE spur deflation, not inflation?

While data on Thursday showed euro zone inflation fell to a four-year low of 0.7 percent on year in October, it may not offer much support for the view QE is damping inflation.

ICRA sees downtrend in IIP numbers to continue

IIP: Largely in line with our expectations (0.3%), industrial production displayed a marginal 0.1% rise in July 2012 reflecting the impact of a deficient monsoon on domestic consumer demand, a substantial decline in exports and continuing sluggishness in investment sentiments.

RBI may retain policy rates in upcoming policy review: ICRA

The RBI is expected to retain policy rates in the upcoming policy review, says Ms. Aditi Nayar, Senior Economist, ICRA Ltd.

Economists' take: Bank loans likely to grow slow in FY13

Banks may not achieve the non-food credit growth of 17% as projected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the financial year 2012-13. A gloomy investment climate is acting as a deterrent to higher pace of loan growth. However, a softer rate of inflation can well be a trigger to turn the tide, said economists.

Are big ticket dollar bids adding to rupee volatility

The big ticket dollar bids by public sector units (PSUs) to meet their business requirement, is aggravating volatility in the dollar-rupee forex market. This creates artificial demand for the greenback. The Indian rupee shows no sign of respite from its free falling, despite repeated measures taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Budget Reactions: 'Thrust on the coal, power segments is positive'

Despite expectations of a reform-oriented budget to boost the growth of the domestic economy, the government failed to provide not only a reform agenda on subsidies or FDI front but also effective timelines on the much anticipated Goods & Services Tax (GST) and Direct Tax Code (DTC).