Data Economic Indicators

Heady to steady: Economic growth slows but becomes more broad-based

Using the widest variety of data available should give a more thorough picture of growth trends

Urban demand stress under watch, festivals may boost consumption: FinMin

The inflation rate stood at 4.6 per cent in the first half of FY25, down from 5.5 per cent during the same period last year

NPS logs over 110,000 fresh subscribers in April, reveals NSO data

Overall, 937,000 subscribers joined the National Pension System during FY24, 13.6 per cent higher than the 824,700 subscribers logged in the preceding financial year

Current account balance posts surplus of 0.6% of GDP in Jan-Mar 2024: RBI

For FY24, the net invisibles receipt was higher during 2023-24 than a year ago, primarily on account of services and transfers, RBI said

Govt may finalise base year revision for CPI, IIP, GDP by end of 2024

The ministry is currently undertaking a market survey, a requirement to update the base year for CPI, as it is used to update the CPI basket

Consumption inequality up in rural areas of 11 states in past decade: HCES

The rise in Gini coefficient was sharpest in Nagaland, followed by Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh

India's fiscal deficit in FY24 improved to 5.6% of GDP: Govt data

A fiscal deficit arises when government spending exceeds revenue

India's GDP exceeds estimates, grows at 8.2% in FY24 and 7.8% in Q4

Grows 7.8% in Q4, thanks to increased tax mop-up

TMS Ep385: India's economic indicators, GQG, markets, Phone Link app

What do India's economic indicators say about Q3 consumption? Why is Rajiv Jain's GQG gung ho on Adani? What are the risks looming over stock markets? What's Microsoft's Phone Link app? Answers here

Consumer sentiments improve, but still too low

The recovery in consumer sentiments from the pandemic has been the slowest among all economic indicators

Economic indicators positive, but worries remain

The Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed up the prices of food, fuel, fertilizers, and other commodities

Restaurant searches, rail traffic: New data sets to gauge Indian economy

There are other metrics too, such as e-way bills, mobility measures and power generation, all of which are used to support the national accounts figures, not replace them

Economy shows strong signs of recovery, upswing in 19 of 22 eco indicators

High-frequency indicators (HFIs) are being monitored to track the progress of economic recovery in India since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country in January 2020

Demonetisation, 5 years on: Key economic indicators paint a mixed picture

Today marks the fifth anniversary of demonetisation. How has the historic event impacted the economy? Let's take a look at how some of the indicators have progressed since the 2016 'note ban'

High heels & chignons as economy indicators

Davis and his team also found that people were using fashion as a way to navigate through hard times

Recovery tracker: Improvement in power, freight volumes and revenue

Traffic still down by nearly a fifth from 2019 levels

Recovery tracker: Slower growth in rail freight, power generation

Some indicators are lower than their peak in August

Recovery tracker: Power generation up to 3-week high, mobility spikes

The power generation recovered sharply week on week basis as a lull in monsoon rains raised temperatures across the country

Recovery tracker: Power generation falls below 2019 level, mobility slows

Almost 77 per cent of workplace visits were back, while use of transit stations was at 85 per cent of 2019 levels

Recovery tracker: More signs of recovery as Covid-19 cases decline

There has also been an increase in traffic congestion, which is tracked by global location technology firm TomTom International