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Beyond alliteration: The PM's knack for wordplay, and economic realities

Anyone can string together alliterative words, but are they a substitute for serious thought and coherent action? Real economics involves choices, or every day would be Christmas, writes T N Ninan

India's growth potential at 6.5-7% but reforms critical for recovery: S&P

The rating agency has forecast a 5% contraction in the fiscal year starting April, and the growth to recover to 8.5% next fiscal

Getting the growth back?

It would be a major miracle if the economy does not contract this year

Monetising fiscal deficit via secondary OMOs right way: Uday Kotak

If we keep subsidising or protecting businesses that are not able to compete, we have an issue. I would expect the market to be able to sort things out, says Uday Kotak

'No doubt' on GDP contraction in Q1: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Subramanian also said that the Centre had gone beyond its means to support states, was keeping its options open regarding deficit monetisation, and that the new privatisation policy would be out soon

Modi, Williamson and Alesina

Williamson and Alesina were both economists who offered insights that India must follow over the next two decades. If it doesn't, it can resign itself to its current low-grade economic status.

Covid-19 pandemic eats into consumer confidence, shows RBI survey

Consumers reported sharp cuts in discretionary spending and also do not expect much improvement in the coming year, the RBI survey said

Intuition, not prediction

The Covid crisis makes "data driven" projections inaccurate, as the past provides zero guidance for the future.

After the lockdown: Indian economy's path ahead is riddled with potholes

While some economists believe the Indian economy would contract 5%, others say there could be a double-digit fall in FY21. A K Bhattacharya lists the challenges facing India's economic recovery

India must shed its protectionist attitude: Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian

If we turn protectionist, I don't know how can we be an exporting power. Self-sufficient exporting powerhouse is an oxymoron," he said.

Covid-19 could see the govt missing the $5-trillion economy deadline

The target could get pushed forward by at least two years even if the economy were to grow by an optimistic 7.5% a year after FY21

Covid-19 crisis: PM Modi says growth will return, more reforms in the works

He said the pandemic might have applied the brakes on the speed of the economic growth, but the country had left behind the phase of lockdown and entered the first phase of unlocking.

E-way bills in May treble from April levels; Still behind pre-March levels

This indicates that GST revenue for May, but collected in June, could recover after reporting a close to 85% shortfall in April vis-a-vis last year

Moody's downgrade: Expect bouts of correction; sell-off in markets unlikely

Stock markets generally discount an outcome a few months in advance. They might have seen the bottom in March, unless a more ferocious second wave results in a fresh lockdown, writes Ambareesh Baliga

Moody's downgrade of India's sovereign debt had been on cards for months

In comparative terms, India has been a laggard among Emerging Markets in 2020. The downgrade just makes the task of its economic recovery a little more daunting

Why Moody's downgrade is not a bolt from the blue but still not justified

While this downgrade will not affect the sovereign as it does not borrow overseas, it will however affect Indian companies borrowing from abroad

India coronavirus dispatch: Why heart surgeries have got scaled back

From informal Indian economy in the time of pandemic, to making cities liveable for migrants, and why Mumbai still struggles to cope with coronavirus - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Internet speed to power: Weekly indicators show economy is picking up

Weekly economic indicators show a rise in economic activity in days leading up government announcing easing coronavirus lockdown

Market Ahead, June. 1: Top factors that could guide markets this week

SGX Nifty, which is up 130 points, is indicating a stronger opening for the Indian indices today

Opportunity in crisis: 5 sectors that may gain from coronavirus pandemic

As India moves to open up the country, investors look at sectors that have been resilient. Puneet Wadhwa charts sectors that are expected to do well in the next few months