December Core Sector Growth
Core sector growth beats high-base effect, at 4-month high of 4.3% in Nov
In August, the output of the core sector had contracted (-1.6 per cent) for the first time in 42 months
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Ahead of Budget 2018, core sector growth slows to 5-month low of 4% in Dec
The country's output from eight core sectors rose four per cent in December, slowing from the much larger growth of 7.4 per cent in November.Released a day before the government is set to announce the national budget, this dip in core sector growth rates have raised questions over a broad-based revival in industrial demand that seemed to have been heralded by the November figures.However, economists also said a favourable base effect related to the temporary slowing in activity last year after demonetisation was likely to boost volume growth in a variety of sectors in the remainder (till March 31) of 2017-18.Contributing 40 per cent to total industrial production, output in the core sectors saw sustained rise in cement production and healthy growth in refinery products, pushing the figures into positive territory. Data issued by the commerce and industry ministry on Wednesday showed the eight segments - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and ...
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Eight core sectors' growth slows to five-month low of 4% in December 2017
It was 7.4% in November; performance of coal and crude oil most negative
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