[ad_1] As the dust settles on the proposals that the Finance Minister made in the Budget earlier this month, some aspects have become clearer while questions remain on others. Budget 2024-25 saw several initiatives around employment and skilling being proposed. Do these form a good first step in addressing the jobs challenge the country faces?…
[ad_1] FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The inflation that has squeezed European shoppers fell more than expected in March to 2.4%, as cost spikes in the grocery aisle eased and overall price rises headed down in the two biggest economies, Germany and France. But analysts say the decline from 2.6% in February, though welcome, would likely…
[ad_1] WEST GARO HILLS: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday said that the state needs to achieve 11.5 per cent annual growth (GDP) to fructify its ambitious target of touching the 10 billion US dollar economy by 2028.“At present, the state has an economy of Rs 45,000 crore, which needs to be improved….
[ad_1] TOKYO: Once forecast to become the world’s biggest economy, Japan slipped below Germany last year to fourth place, official data showed Thursday, although India is projected to leapfrog both later this decade.Despite growing 1.9 percent, Japan’s nominal 2023 gross domestic product in dollar terms was $4.2 trillion, government data showed, compared with $4.5 trillion…
[ad_1] This Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is an annual celebration of the first lunar cycle of the new year. It’s a weeklong national holiday in China, and this year it starts on February 10.This is the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac, and it’s…
[ad_1] Mumbai: The Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) provides ways to examine the amount of slack in the economy by polling a panel of business leaders about their inflation expectations in the short and medium term.This monthly survey asks questions about year-ahead cost expectations and the factors influencing price changes, such as profit, sales levels,…
[ad_1] The year opened with a bang as employers added 353,000 jobs in January, far exceeding the most optimistic of forecasts. Job gains were fairly widespread with the strongest gains in professional and business services, health care, retail trade and social assistance. Economists had expected a slowdown to around 185,000 new jobs following December’s upwardly…
[ad_1] The pace of new construction was mixed in December, as builders pulled more permits for new homes but started work on slightly fewer than a month earlier, according to a report from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Permits were 1.9% more than the upwardly revised 1.47 million November…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Global investors are excited about India as “not only a large economy, but a trusted economy”, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, adding that the country is at a ‘cusp’ that comes once in every nation’s history. Lauding the emergence of young entrepreneurs, the minister said they would…
[ad_1] New Delhi: High-frequency indicators (HFIs) for October and November 2023 reflect robust economic activity in the third quarter of FY24, which is likely to continue in the fourth quarter as well, a finance ministry report said on Friday. The Indian economy is expected to comfortably achieve a growth rate upwards of 6.5% in FY24,…
