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Need to boost investor confidence for sustainable, transformative growth

India needs to show investors not only that they can achieve decent returns in the country but that their money is safe here

Private players dominate external debt growth amid economic recovery

External borrowings up 8.2% overall in FY22; private debt accounts for 60%, against 29% a year ago

Moody's retains India rating and outlook, days after cutting GDP forecast

Says credit profile reflects strengths like large and diversified economy, but warns that country is highly exposed to climate change events

CAD may touch nine-year-high in Q1FY23 as net exports soar

India's CAD stood at 1.5% of GDP in the March quarter of FY22 compared to a CAD of 2.6% of GDP in the preceding quarter of FY22

Centre's fiscal deficit at 5.2% of GDP in Q1; experts say it may widen

Expect capex to pick up in the second half of the year and inch closer to 6.4% Budget estimate for full year

Best of BS Opinion: Disappointing GDP numbers, data protection, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

13.5% growth hides warts

The 13.5% print is lower than consensus estimates, and more so, when compared with the Reserve Bank of India's Q1 forecast of 16.2%

Private consumption, capital investment rises in Q1, govt consumption slows

The GDP numbers, Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said this trend was par for the course, as GFCF in Q1 was usually lower than the previous year's Q4.

Q1 GDP growth misses estimates despite low base; govt spending subdued

13.5% expansion in June QTR despite low base; GVA at basic prices up 12.7%

India's economy probably grew at its fastest pace in a year in June qtr

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the three months to June 30 was probably 15.2% higher than a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed this week

Net zero is net positive for profits, people, and planet

Pursuing green technologies will result in much faster GDP growth

FinMin sees Q1 growth at 15.6% ahead of GDP data, impact on trade component

This is lower than RBI's April-June (Q1FY23) GDP projection of 16.2%

Most economists see GDP growing at slower pace in Q1 than MPC projection

At the MPC's estimate of 16.2%, the economy would have grown 6.1% over the corresponding quarter of 2019-20

Here is why China may not impose stronger trade restrictions on Taiwan

The value of trade targeted by China's sanctions contributes a tiny amount of less than 1% to Taiwan's gross domestic product, according to economists

India at 75: Prudent public finance policy still remains a challenge

Among other things, making the direct tax regime less confusing and bringing in expenditure reform are crucial challenges for the central government

India's market capitalisation to GDP goes past 100% again, shows data

Interestingly, between 2008-09 and 2019-20, the ratio going past 100 per cent was a rarity

MPC rate hikes likely to continue till CPI inflation recedes below 6%

Another rate hike predicted for September 2022, even if the quantum is as small as 10 bps

Kerala FM blames Centre for cutting resources by Rs 23,000 crore

Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal has written to Nirmala Sitharaman asking her not to include borrowings of state entities while fixing their debt limits

PSU debt serviced by a state to be brought under its FRBM limit: Govt

Such borrowings shall be considered as those availed by the state itself for the purpose of issuing consent under Article 293(3) of the Constitution, says FM Sitharaman

Centre reins in its debt at 56% for FY22 against 60% pegged in Budget

Government committed to its fiscal deficit targets, says senior civil servant