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GST reduction boosts sales, consumption likely to stay strong: Sitharaman
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the reduction in goods and services tax (GST) rates from September 22 spurred consumption. She exuded confidence that the demand…
Global growth held steady in H1 2025 despite Trump’s tariff uncertainty, says IMF
Global markets may have flinched, but they didn’t falter. The first half of 2025 brought a wave of tariff announcements, policy shifts, and geopolitical flare-ups…
Global shocks no worry, India stays investors’ darling: S&P Global Ratings President Yann Le Pallec
S&P Global Ratings expects India to demonstrate resilience against punitive tariff barriers and global trade shocks, with the economy expected to expand about 6.5% this…
Trump tariffs: India’s smart strategy could be working
After the United States under President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping 50% tariff on a large basket of Indian exports, India’s trade outlook began appearing…
India a bright spot in a fragmented global economy, but must deepen trade ties: IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
India remains one of the strongest pillars of global growth even as the world economy turns more unpredictable amid rising tariffs, uneven expansion, and the…
RBI Guv says Indian macroeconomic fundamentals are very strong; US tariffs not too concerning
Indian markets are “quite deep,” and the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals are “very strong,” Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday, striking a…
IMF raises India’s FY26 growth outlook to 6.6%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised India’s economic growth forecast for FY26 to 6.6% from 6.4% estimated earlier, citing strong first quarter growth…
Trump tariffs to slow global growth to 3.2%; India’s growth to stay strong with 6.6% in 2025: IMF report
Even as Donald Trump’s new wave of tariffs redraws the world’s trade map and clouds the global outlook, India remains one of the few bright…
Broader Labour Survey on cards to capture more data on skilling
The ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship will soon write to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation to expand the scope of the Periodic…
Dollar dominance unlikely to change in near future: Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath, former IMF Chief Economist and Deputy Managing Director, now back again at Harvard as a Professor, believes dollar dominance is unlikely to change…