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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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Economic Events Calendar

23 February 2012
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Euro Zone
list German IFO - Business Climate
list German IFO - Current Assessment
United States
list Continuing Claims (FEB 11)
list DOE Cushing OK Crude Inventory
United Kingdom
list BBA Loans for House Purchase
list CBI Trends Selling Prices
Japan
list Corporate Service Price (YoY)
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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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GDP and its importance
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.
list Economics for Everyone - Insights from Indian infrastructure - public-private partnership
list Economics for Everyone- Economics of Externality
list Economics for Everyone - Interest Rates and Inflation
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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 in Pictures

Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2009-10
The fiscal year 2009-10 began as a difficult one. There was a significant slowdown in the growth rate in the second half of 2008-09, following the financial crisis that began in the industrialized nations in 2007 and spread to the real economy across the world. The growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008-09 was 6.7%, wi...
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 Free Trade
It means trade which is unimpeded by tariffs, import and export quotas and other devices which obstruct the free movement of goods and services between countries. The formation of a free area by tw...
list Barriers to Entry (or Exit)
Obstacles in the path of a firm that make it difficult to enter a given market.Barriers to entry protect incumbent firms from competition from newcomers.
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