According to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, India will benefit from the global meltdown in the commodities universe. He says that lower food prices will ease the pressure on the balance of payment.
Gulf country of Qatar has begun shoring up on foreign assets, worth thousands of billions of dollars, which has been welcomed by struggling Arab economies. However, some experts express concerns whether this is good business or expanding their global influence...
Indian stock market looks upbeat as Nifty and Sensex closed on the previous day on a bulls rally. The big question for today, however, would be whether the Sensex and Nifty sustain this pace of gains. Also featuring in this segment of Trading Calls is European...
Minister of Commerce Anand Sharma says that he didn’t expect a constructive or positive comment from the Opposition on the Union Budget 2013. In response to BJP's allegation that the growth rate has fallen from 8.1 percent to 5 percent, Anand Sharma says tha...
This hour-long discussion on ET Now talks of various aspects of pre-budget scenario, but features mostly the Economic Survery Report 2013. While analysis of the survey report throws up positivity all round, as the economic growth is predicted between 6.1 and 6...
Global research firm Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has attributed 6.8 percent to be India's growth rate in 2013. However, in 2012, according to the firm, India's GDP is likely to register 5.5 percent growth. The firm says that the favourable conditions for investors ...
Amidst its rise to become the second largest economy in the world, China is set to usher in a new group of leaders. A week-long congress, organised by the Chinese Communist Party, began in Beijing that will decide China's growth path and new set of leaders. Th...
The Internal Monetary Fund's projections show that the global economy's growth is slowing down. In Greece, the austerity measures are taking a huge toll and strong protests are underway as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Athens. Suicide is at its highes...
Market Hour speaks to IOC's PK Goel on whether there will be further price cuts in petrol. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Gethner who is in India for a two-day visit will meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram and hopes to improve trade relations between the two c...
On Market Hour: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal supports levying one time spectrum fees but says the Cabinet will take the final decision. Market Hour speaks to Rajan Mathews from COAI, Swati Kulkarni from UTI AMC and Mohit Sarat from Luthra & Luthra for their re...
Puntia Kumar Sinha's guest on this edition of Global Insights is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala from RARE Enterprises, who is considered as a legend in the markets and has created a large fund with his own proprietary capital. He has a positive outlook on the Indian econ...
On Market Hour: Goldman Sachs AMC's Jim O'Neill confirms that the reform action is positive but implementation is key; Quantum Securities' Sanjay Dutt and Jyotivardhan Jaipuria dicuss the policy impact on markets and whether policy paralysis is turning into re...
In this episode of Global Insights, Punita Kumar Sinha brings in Ric Deverell from Credit Suisse and Peter Fisher from BlackRock to discuss the commodities, currencies and fixed income markets. Gold and oil make up for nearly half of India's imports and there ...
Global ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowers its 2012 GDP growth forecast for India. S&P lowered the GDP growth forecast to 5.5 percent citing weak monsoons and investor sentiments.
The big questions on this edition of the The Big Picture: why are the poor paying higher taxes than the rich and is it time to rehaul the system? Are Republicans a dangerous force? On the panel are Francesca Chambers from Red Alert Politics, Rev. D Alexander B...
Rahul Bhasin, Managing Partner with Baring PE, shares his views on the local and global economy. While the local economy is affected by corruption, economies like the US are grappling with the consequences of over-leveraging. He also talks about building a por...
In this edition of Global Insights, Punita Kumar Sinha explores the BRIC nations that are said to be the fastest growing economies. At present, BRIC accounts for 40 percent of the global population and around a quarter of the world's GDP. A Goldman Sachs repo...
Nikunj Dalmia asks Nilesh Shah, MD & CEO, Envision Capital, the reason behind the contrary trends observed in August, when the first half was resilient and the second half choppy. Shah also suggests investment strategies, the stocks he is bullish about and the...
The US is struggling to recover from the financial crisis that descended on it four years ago. Its housing market collapsed, unemployment is rampant and consumer spending that contributes to 70 percent of the country's GDP has weakened. Punita Kumar Sinha talk...
Anish Damania, Hd-Isntl Eq, Emkay Global Financial Services, speaks to First Trades about the Tata Motors' domestic passenger car business, SBI's fall in stock prices and stocks to watch.
Global Business Report takes a look at China's sliding economy, and speaks to Adrian Foster, Head-Financial Markets Research, Raba Bank; Helmuth Henning, Jebsen & Co; and Uwe Parpart, MD, Reorient Financial Group. On the retail sales front, China claims that c...
Global rating agency Fitch Ratings has revised India's outlook to negative from stable. Its long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) have been affirmed at BBB- and short-term foreign currency at F3. India's Country Ceiling is also af...
Speaking at an ASSOCHAM meet, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee concedes the fact that Indian economy is in a bad state. He talks about inflation, deficit rates, and the apparent negative sentiment among investors.
Speaking at an ASSOCHAM meet, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee concedes the fact that Indian economy is in a bad state. He also states that depreciating currency is a matter of concern but exporters should take advantage of the situation.
Markets @Lunch on ET Now brings you a daily, detailed update of the key events impacting stock markets. It also has stock picks, F&O calls, mutual fund tips and commodity markets analysis.
Markets @Lunch on ET Now brings you a daily, detailed update of the key events impacting stock markets. It also has stock picks, F&O calls, mutual fund tips and commodity markets analysis.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are expected to talk about border issues and Tibetan matters on the day one of the 4th BRICS Summit in New Delhi today.
The heads of five BRICS nations are meeting from today in New Delhi; the agenda for the fourth summit is expected to include global political and economic issues, as well as security matters.