The PCE price index for January was expected to show headline inflation at 2.9% and core at 3.1%.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra has welcomed the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) decision to revise the base year for key macroeconomic indicators — ...
Inflation traders expect the annual inflation rate from the consumer-price index to trend above 3% through August and then stay close to this level through next February. The expectations are ...
Under previous methods, low nominal ‌GDP growth alongside low wholesale inflation created discrepancies by translating into higher real growth rates ...
While the new series portrays a more steady growth rate compared to the previous series, it also raises discomfiting policy questions ...
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Reliable macroeconomic statistics are fundamental to economic governance. Last year, the IMF, even while revising India’s GDP growth projections upwards, assigned a “C” rating to our National Accounts ...