ECONOMIST

Indian economy to get shot in the arm from Budget 2021: Economists

Economists, in a poll of Reuters, said that the Indian economy would grow 9.5% next fiscal year - the highest since polling began for the y...

Deglobalisation, inequality, remote working key economy-shaping trends in 2021: Economists

Deglobalisation is seen as the least likely of the current trends to continue in the longer term; particularly as international coordinatio...

Turning consumption around: Jobs beat tax cuts to top economists' budget wish list

The Centre will have to loosen its purse strings and push ahead with higher capital expenditure.

ETMGS 2021: Economists want Budget to focus on targeted spending, lend a hand to needy

ETMGS 2021: Expectations from the Union Budget for 2021-22 are running high as investors and citizens begin the countdown to February 1. Fi...

ETMGS: Government in Budget 2021 should go for growth-oriented measures to bridge the income gap

Fiscal prudence today for the sake of it may leave the country in a worse shape in the medium term than is perceptible currently.

Budget 2021: Meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's A-Team

FM Sitharaman is set to present the budget on February 1st. This is undoubtedly one of the most challenging budget of modern India after co...

Next 10 years make-or-break decade for Indian economy: Economists

If everything goes according to plan, India will be able to reap the fruits of its favourable demography over 2030s and 2040s, before she l...

Indian economy may contract 25 per cent in current fiscal: Economist Arun Kumar

Kumar further said that due to a big decline in the GDP during the current financial year, the budget estimates have gone completely out of...

Economists urge Prime Minister Modi to push privatisation, increase infrastructure spending

In a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they suggested relaxing the fiscal deficit target in order to push infrastructure s...

Economists to hold virtual meet with PM Modi, FM Sitharaman and MoS Finance Anurag Thakur tomorrow

Top economists and experts who will brainstorm with the government on the state of Indian Economy, will include Arvind Panagariya, KV Kamat...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to brainstorm with economists ahead of upcoming Budget

This meeting assumes significance as the government gets into top gear to finalise proposals for the budget being presented amid uncertaint...

Global economy starting 2021 stronger, virus-vaccine race clouds outlook-IMF economist

"What is true as of now is that we're starting out the year at a somewhat stronger point than we had expected in 2020, which is a good thin...

Economists see strong GDP rebound in 2021

DBS Bank projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 7.6% in 2021, among the fastest in the region after a 7.4% contraction in 2020.

Indian American chief economist SP Kothari to leave SEC by end of January

“As Chief Economist, S P has raised the profile of the SEC, both domestically and internationally, on a range of topics affecting investors...

Japan's economy will need years to return to pre-pandemic levels, say economists

Analysts polled were split on the Bank of Japan's next policy move even as the economy continues to suffer from the pandemic's fallout, und...

Google celebrates economist & professor, Sir W Arthur Lewis, with a doodle

Google's doodle honours African-American economist and professor, Sir W Arthur Lewis. He was awarded with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Econo...

India's retail inflation expected to stay above 7% in November, economists say

Retail inflation has stayed above the central bank's comfort zone of 2% to 6% for seven consecutive months, a streak not seen since August ...