mydigitalfc.com - Economy Watch

Social business to fight poverty

Roopen Roy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:58:45 +0530

Many policy thinkers in India are enamoured by western economic models. If we have to figure out intelligent strategies to lift 250 million Indians from abysmal poverty let

India set to return to 8.5 pct growth in FY11: Adviser

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:47:33 +0530

India is well set to go back to 8. 5 per cent growth in the next fiscal year a top policy adviser said on Friday

Americans fight the recession by doing rather than buying

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:00:26 +0530

Rosario and Igor Montoya used to buy, buy, buy for themselves and their two children without a second thought. Expensive sneakers, a new laptop, Legos — they all got what they wanted. But with the recession cutting the Montoyas’ workload and income by more than half, their priorities have shifted from products to activities.

Ramesh in a negotiating stance

Hardev Sanotra — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:14:06 +0530

The minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh arrived in Copenhagen and immediately got into a negotiating stance with the United States, G77+China and the Africa group, three of the

Manufacturing growth slows in November: PMI

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:51:16 +0530

India's manufacturing activity expanded for the eighth straight month in November but at its weakest pace since March due to a slowdown in growth of output, new business and employment,

It's an early Christmas in the US

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:18 +0530

It didn’t take long for pessimism to creep back in following Thursday’s surprisingly strong reading on the US economic growth.

Weak British data raise concerns for US

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:22:54 +0530

The US recession is probably over, but the debate over whether the government ought to do even more to bolster the recovery is not.

Trade policy to open box of gifts for exporters

Nayanima Basu — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:49:55 +0530

A separate set of incentives for labour-intensive sectors likely

Slower drop for exports from Japan

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:02:16 +0530

Japanese exports fell in June at the slowest annual rate this year

A watchdog for social schemes

Suresh Neotia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:33:52 +0530

Nilekani will be able to improve the delivery mechanism, cut the red tape.