Economic Indicators
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In charts: As the rupee touches 80 against the dollar, what does this mean for India’s economy?
Costlier imports and the widening of the current account deficit is likely to eat into India’s foreign currency exchange reserves.
Deepanshu Mohan
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India’s WPI inflation rises to 2.03% in January – highest in 11 months
The WPI inflation figure for January 2020 was 3.52%.
Scroll Staff
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Retail inflation eases to 4.06% in January, industrial output grows by 1% in December
Retail inflation, an indicator of price rise has now come down for the second straight month, since it rose to 7.61% in October – a high of more than six years.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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December wholesale inflation eases to 1.22% from 1.55% in November due to lower food prices
It had hit a nine-month high in November.
Scroll Staff
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December retail inflation eases to 4.59% from 6.93% in November, industrial output back in negative
Index of Industrial Production contracted 1.9% in November, compared to a 3.6% growth in October.
Scroll Staff
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As Indians spend more time at home despite ‘unlock’, the country’s economy is suffering
Partial restrictions paired with weak demand amid layoffs and salary cuts are keeping the businesses in limbo.
Prathamesh Mulye, Qz.com
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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A formula devised way back in 1968 could have predicted the distress at Indian firms
The Altman Z-Score calculates for the probability that a company will go bankrupt based on its liquidity, solvency, profitability, leverage and activity ratios.
Vatsal Bhandari, qz.com
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One of the most accurate predictors of a future recession, the yield curve is flashing warning signs
The latest data is not promising – central banks must react accordingly.
Julius Probst, The Conversation
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In charts: From GDP to foreign investment and jobs, how the economy has come full circle under Modi
The election results, to be declared on May 23, will determine whether good economics matters for good politics.
Nupur Anand, qz.com
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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How trustworthy is India's economic data? Does the Modi government care about it anymore?
India has no chief statistician and a chief economic adviser who is on his way out. As for finance minister – do we have two, or none?
Devangshu Datta
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Modi says he hid economic data ‘for India’s benefit’. Who is to say he isn’t still doing it?
In an interview, the prime minister said the UPA left the economy in such a state, even revealing the truth would have caused a crisis.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The ‘Modi bounce’: World Bank's misleading defence of 30-point jump in India's Ease of Business rank
The bank has not been able to rebut that using a consistent methodology shows much smaller changes in the ranking over time.
Justin Sandefur
The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May