Consumer Price Index based inflation for November 2013 is at 11.24%, based largely on rising food prices. The WPI (wholesale price) data will be out on the ...
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for October 2013 has come in at -1.8%. By large components, every piece of the pie has fallen. Mining (weight:15%) ...
Scheduled Commercial Bank Credit is now at 56,650 crores, which is growing at a rate of 14.3% over the previous year. This is now closing in on the 1 year low ...
The Trade Deficit continues to increase at a slower pace, now up just 5.9% to just under $100 billion in the April-November time. November itself saw a trade ...
The Volcker Rule is in. US Banks can no longer engage in proprietary trading. The rule was proposed by the 86-year old Paul Volcker who is famously credited ...
The monthly RBI Bulletin tells us how RBI trades in the forex market, with a 2 month lag. In October, the RBI bought $9.5 billion (mostly from banks with the ...
Thanks to those of you that attended the Capital Mind Premium Webinar on Saturday! We addressed the Current Account Deficit and looked at some interesting ...
Outlook has a great article about corporate defaults. According to the All-India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA), bad loans have gone up from Rs ...
The state election results are out: the Congress has been decimated in nearly all of the four states for which results were announced yesterday. (It is, ...