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June 2010 IIP at 7.13%

MOSPI released the Index of Industrial Production (Quick Estimate) for June 2010. The headline general number came in at 7.13% increase over last year. This is ...

Bank Credit Growth at 19.6%

RBI releases India’s credit growth stats show Bank Credit at 19.6%, with credit coming down from 33.63 trillion (1 Trillion = 1 Lakh Cr.) to 33.57 lakh cr ...

Deflation is Really Bad: Or, What Is Krugman On?

Paul Krugman explains why deflation is bad: So first of all: when people expect falling prices, they become less willing to spend, and in particular less ...

RBI raises Repo rate by 25 bps to 5.75%

The Reserve Bank of India in its quarterly credit policy meet raised repo rates to 5.75% and reverse repo rates to 4.5%. Repo is what banks pay to borrow from ...

Reader Comments: Cannot Offset Long-term Capital Losses

Thanks very much for all your comments on the earlier post about the Direct Tax Code keeping equity gains tax free till Mar 2011. I’d then asked if ...

Direct Tax Code Will Keep Equity Gains Tax-Free till April 1, 2011

NDTV says there’s a good thing in the new Direct Tax Code: (HT: Samarth Modi) Equity investors should remain invested despite the new direct tax code ...

IIP Numbers: Slowdown or “We Don’t Know Yet”?

(This is an article I’ve written for a new online site – link later, not something I own) As we get increasingly connected, it’s easy for information ...

Monthly WPI Inflation at 10.55%, April revised to 11.23%

Wholesale price inflation – the detailed monthly data – shows that June inflation was 10.55%. The revision in the June figure by 4 points pushed April ...

Bank Credit Growth Scales to 21.5%

Today’s Bank Credit data showed a move up to 21.57% from last year, with an increase of 92,000 cr. over two weeks ago. Credit offtake is increasing ...

Bank Credit Growth at 19.5%

As on 18th June, Bank credit growth is 19.5% and the highest since Jan 2009. There will be a new data point tomorrow. Strong bank credit growth is good for the ...