The higher-than-expected inflation is likely to result in another hike in the policy rate at the MPC’s next meeting on 6th-8th June
This is the city's highest-ever GST collection for April, they said.
The vote on Powell comes the day after the upper house of Congress approved the nomination of Philip Jefferson of Davidson College, marking the first time the Fed board has had more than one Black governor.
The central bank's rate-setting panel announced a surprise 40-basis-point repo rate hike on May 4 in anticipation of a high inflation number for April. But the figure has exceeded economists' expectations.
The ministry's comments come days after Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said sustained high inflation has "pronounced adverse effects on the poorer segments of the population by eroding their purchasing power".
In FY22, industrial output grew by 11.3 percent as against a contraction of 8.4 percent in FY21.
The CPI inflation print for April is above the consensus, with a Moneycontrol poll showing economists saw inflation rising to 7.5 percent
Government plans to push wheat exports, even as domestic prices reach decadal highs, raising retail prices of Atta as well.
The economy grew 0.8 percent in the January-March period compared with expansion of 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who was in Israel on a four-day official visit from May 8, met his Israeli counterpart Oded Forer at the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) on Wednesday.
The RBI's repo rate hike on May 4 caught everyone by surprise. But the central bank had started talks about convening its rate-setting panel right after its April 8 meeting
The RBI has used its 'formidable' foreign exchange reserves to prevent the rupee from weakening sharply in recent days. However, mounting a defence against what a person aware of developments called 'a global tide' is seen as being futile
Successive governments made up their revenue shortfalls by borrowing abroad hand over fist. The much-acclaimed Sri Lankan model had feet of clay
Limited intervention space would see RBI targeting the long end of the rising sovereign curve
The MPC, headed by the RBI Governor, is scheduled to meet between June 6 and June 8. It has been mandated to keep retail inflation in the range of 2-6 per cent.
Around 7,600 megawatts of imported coal based-plants are not running as they would incur losses at the current levels of coal price.
The central bank's surprise May 4 repo rate hike has sparked concerns that the next couple of meetings of its rate-setting panel will definitely see further increases in the policy rate.
The Indian central bank welcomes monetary policy accountability but is cautious of what taking remedial measures to return inflation rapidly to acceptable levels would entail, according to a person familiar with developments.
At present, Tamil Nadu’s share on the export front stood at $ 26 billion and this should be increased to $ 100 billion by 2030, M K Stalin said after presenting the FIEO Southern Region Export Excellence Awards.
Inflation works to the government’s overall fiscal advantage but is politically devastating as the vast majority of people suffer. RBI will do well to focus on inflation only for now.
The annual increase peaked in March at 8.5 percent, but prices continued to rise last month for a range of goods, including housing, food, airline fares and new vehicles, the Labor Department reported.
Gross domestic product growth will be 7.6% for fiscal 2023 and 6.7% for fiscal 2024, 30 basis points lower than the previous estimates, the brokerage said in a note dated Tuesday.
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The call follows days of political violence, with clashes between pro- and anti-government groups pushing the prime minister to resign and dissolving his cabinet.