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The IMF on Tuesday projected a growth rate of 6.1 per cent for India in 2023, which is a 0.2 percentage point upward revision compared with the April projection. The IMF also predicts that global inflation is expected to fall from…

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<!-- -->RBI may maintain status quo on key lending rates during this week's monetary policy review meetingMumbai: Keeping inflationary concerns in mind, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to maintain status quo on key policy…

Australia’s unemployment rate could sink to a level where anyone who wants a job has one in just a matter of months.The Reserve Bank of Australia has tipped unemployment could sink well and truly into the definition of “full employment”,…

Aussie drivers have been slugged by record high petrol prices but one city is copping it harder than others from all directions.A way bigger than expected surge in prices has fuelled already strong expectations of a Reserve Bank of…

The economic recovery is likely to be broad-based and more durable in the next financial year as Covid-battered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), informal industries and contact-intensive services see a pick-up in capital…

The central bank hasn’t budged on the all-important cash rate as widely expected, but mortgagees and markets expect a hike in 2022.The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept official interest rates on hold as widely expected but speculation of…

The ASX ended the week firmly in the green amid rising bullish sentiment and clearer signals from central banks.The Australian sharemarket ended the week in the green, with experts saying “bullish sentiment” is rising, while central banks…

WASHINGTON: IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. The 49-year-old prominent Indian-American economist had…

A development in the US gave the Aussie sharemarket a boost but experts warn it is just ‘kicking the can down the road’.The Australian sharemarket surged higher for the second straight day, with a development in the US providing a boost,…