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Key Economic Statistics


Particulars Actuals (%)
Gross Domestic Product :

8.9

Index of Industrial Production :

9.5 Nov

Consumer Price Index :

8.3 Nov

Inflation Rates :

8.4 Dec

Unemployment Rate

 :

10.8 (2010)

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Inflation Watch

Food inflation falls by 3.36% on base effect
Food inflation shrank by 3.36% in the week ended December 24 after rising by 0.42% in the preceding week, the Commerce & Industry Ministry said today. Food inflation stood at 20.84% in the corresponding week last year.
list Food inflation rises; Fuel inflation steady
list Food inflation rises further; fuel inflation dips
list India's inflation falls to 8.5% in August
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Gross Domestic Product is good measure for an economy and with improvement in research and quality of data, statisticians and governments are trying to find out measures to strengthen GDP and make it a comprehensive indicator of national income.
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Economy Reports

IIP – March 2010
For the month of March 2010, India’s IIP grew at the rate of 13.5% yoy, lower than street estimates of 14.9% – 15.1%.
list Monthly Economic Report March, 2009
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Economy Polls

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Economy in Pictures

Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2011–12
The Economic Survey 2011-12, presented by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, predicts 7.6% GDP growth in 2012-13 and 8.6% in 2013-14. India's fiscal deficit is likely to narrow to 4.1% of GDP in FY13.
list Economic Survey 2009-10
list Economic Survey 2008-09
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Monetary Policy Review

Annual Monetary Policy Review 2010-11
The Reserve Bank of India in its annual monetary policy review today increased its key policy rates (repo and reverse repo rate) and CRR by 25bps each (in-line with our estimates).
list Monetary Policy Review 2009-10 – Q2 FY10
list Monetary Policy Review
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Monsoon Watch

Monsoon will end in 10 days: IMD
For the past last few days, the maximum temperature in the city has been 35.6 degree Celsius, quite high for the month of September.
list Monsoon to withdraw from Rajasthan by early Oct: IMD
list Monsoon may exceed forecast: IMD
list Monsoon was 16% above normal in week to Sept. 1: IMD
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Economic Jargons

list Beta
A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta is used in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), a model that calculates...
list Fisher’s Ideal Index
It is an index which is based on a formula devised by the American economist Irving Fisher (1867-1947). It is intended to be a ‘true’ index, the Laspeyres’ index giving an upper limit and the Paasc...
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