Economy - general
India’s economy strong, outlook stable despite Moody’s: govt
08 Nov 2019
Moody’s Investors Service changed its outlook on India’s sovereign rating to negative from stable while keeping the foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings unchanged at Baa2, citing slower growth, which it attributed to lower government and policy effectiveness
Over 50% of adolescents in India are malnourished: Unicef
01 Nov 2019
The Unicef report, ‘Adolescents, Diets and Nutrition: Growing Well in a Changing World’ says that growing incomes and increased spending on food have translated to greater consumption of fried foods, junk foods, sweets and aerated drinks by 10 to 19-year-olds in every Indian state, increasing the risk of diabetes and heart disease
IMF lowers India’s FY20 GDP growth forecast to 6.1%
16 Oct 2019
The country, however, retains the tag of the world's fastest growing economy alongside China, says IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report
World Bank lowers India's FY20 GDP growth projection to 6%
14 Oct 2019
The World Bank report also noted a widening of the current account deficit to 2.1 per cent of GDP in 2018-19 from 1.8 per cent a year before, mostly reflecting a deteriorating trade balance
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 5.15% to revive growth
04 Oct 2019
With the growth in gross domestic product slumping to 5.0 per cent in Q1 of FY20, the monetary policy committee decided to continue with an accommodative stance, while ensuring that inflation remained within the target of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent
India-US trade deal has to evolve: Piyush Goyal
03 Oct 2019
While both countries do not see any structural issues, there are conflicting interests of bringing down trade deficits and protectionist trade policies that hamper a trade deal
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