Economy

Oil was steady on Thursday, trading near seven-week highs around $81, as US demand rebounds with a recovering economy, and a weaker dollar helped whet investors' appetite for risk.

In a clear indication of the revival of the economy the Government has revealed that 6. 38 lakh jobs were created in the October-December quarter last year

The government today exuded confidence of introducing major reforms on direct and indirect taxes front in the form of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Direct Taxes Code (DTC) from

The economy is hale and hearty. It has staged a dramatic V-shaped recovery over the past eight months from a bout of sharp slowdown and is poised to grow

Lies, damn lies and statistics. In a year when numerous growth forecasts from numerous sources flew thick and fast, Mark Twain’s words seem apt. Twain, in 1905, said that figures often beguiled him. The plethora of GDP forecasts has much the same effect today

Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits