When inflation spikes up, input costs of FMCG companies rise too. Unless companies are able to pass on these increases, their profit margins drop. As inflation starts pinching households, consumer confidence gets shaken and that eventually affects demand.
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Economic development is a game of leads and lags. And like the investments made during various tenures, the translation of policies into progress has a gestation period too.
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Not having adequate money to live a peaceful life post-retirement is also a risk, isn’t it? Do It Yourself approach to investing can help you resolve this.
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An analysis of the second quarter results for FY2019 has been very encouraging. We restricted our sample to the universe of companies constituting the NSE100 index. As of today, 81 out of 100 companies have declared their results. There has been a clear increase in sales across the board. At a consolidated level, the aggregate topline of all companies has
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday cut its key lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point in an attempt to prop up growth in the slowing economy, drawing comfort from wholesale price inflation staying under 7%. The apex bank kept the cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged. RBI lowered the repo rate, at which it lends
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Wholesale prices likely rose at their slowest annual pace in more than three years last month, strengthening chances of a rate cut at the Reserve Bank of India policy meeting next week, according to a Reuters poll of economists. February’s deceleration would be the fifth in a row, bringing inflation closer to RBI’s perceived comfort level of around 5
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