Great Election month on the Nifty. Nothing like 2009, of course, which has a 28% green number that might not be repeated in the near future. But still, 8% for ...
India’s GDP for Q4 2014 is out. Growth for Q4 in real terms (i.e. net of inflation) is an abysmal 4.6%, and is only matched by the growth in the previous ...
Wholesale Price Inflation seems to have moderated, compared to the increase in inflation in Consumer Prices, in April 2014. WPI shows 5.2% versus 5.7% last ...
While exit polls are declaring the arrival of a political party that, according to markets, will wash away all our sins by dipping the opposition candidates in ...
The RBI bought over $7.7 billion of dollars in March, taking the total amount of dollars it’s bought in 2013-14 to nearly $9 billion. In a year that has seen ...
It’s a new high! The Nifty crossed 6850 to make another new all-time-high. Here’s some key metrics, in a single chart: We haven’t seen a 10% trend change ...
Foreign Exchange Reserves at the RBI hit $311 billion in the week ended 2 May as the dollar flirts with Rs. 60 again (this time on the downside). This is only ...
India’s trade data for April 2014 shows a continuing low trade deficit. With Exports at $25.6 billion (+5.3%) and imports at $35.7 billion (-15%) the trade ...
The HSBC Markit Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for India for April 2014 is a little unimpressive, with the composite number at 49.5. (Anything below 50 is ...
How bad can government buying of food get? I plotted CPI inflation since 2002 along with Food Corporation of India (FCI) Stocks compared to the buffers they ...
