Mumbai: India’s benchmark indices shed about 1% on Tuesday, partly reversing the previous day’s gains, as traders cut bets ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on January 30 and 31. Analysts said the mood is relatively cautious with the government set to announce its interim budget on February 1. The BSE Sensex … Read more
New Delhi: Economists expect some significant announcements on February 1 even though it’s an interim budget, since the exercise comes just ahead of the general elections, an ET poll showed. The government will likely increase the amount of money transferred under its flagship direct benefit transfer scheme – Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi or PM-Kisan … Read more
Interim Budget Expectations: The government needs to continue with favourable policies to promote green mobility while also focussing on infrastructure development at a robust pace in the upcoming Budget, according to some leading firms in the automobile space. The Union government is all set to present the interim budget on February 1. “We expect capex … Read more
Ahead of the upcoming interim budget and dim markets, the stocks related to defence, automobile, packaging and insurance may gain momentum.Looking at this week’s Nifty’s performance, it has breached past three week’s low fearing a stop on its bull run. FIIs have been selling continuously for the past few days which is not considered as … Read more
Stating that the Modi government’s commitment to cut fiscal deficit to 4.5% of GDP by FY26 limits the total expenditure growth to about 8% YoY, global investment banking firm Jefferies on Thursday said a potential slowdown in capex in the interim Budget can disappoint investors. “The central government capex has tripled over the last five … Read more
To incentivise the manufacturing sector and generate employment, the government may extend the scope of PLI scheme to include sectors like garments, jewellery and handicrafts in the forthcoming interim Budget, Deloitte said. Currently, Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is available for 14 sectors. Read our full Budget 2024 coverage here Deloitte India Partner Rajat Wahi said … Read more
New York: Right around the start of November, two words suddenly disappeared from the chatter in the bond market: debt supply. As bond prices surged across the developed world day after day, sending yields tumbling and handing investors some much-needed profits, the angst about soaring budget deficits melted away. But for how long? Over the … Read more
Matt is helping his eighteen-year-old niece search for the right set of wheels before she goes off to college. She is currently driving an old Prius that is no longer reliable and is looking for something reliable, and fuel-efficient for under fifteen grand. What car should she buy? The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Was … Read more
“From the next 6 to 12 months’ perspective, we expect the domestic equity market to remain buoyant and have room to further go up by 8-10%,” Sunny Agrawal, Head of Fundamental Equity Research, SBI Securities, said.In an interview with ETMarkets, Agrawal said: “BFSI, Real Estate, Auto, Cement, Engineering/Cap Goods, Infra, Railways, Defence, Renewables, IT, Biofuels … Read more
Welfare recipients are in line for a $40-a-fortnight boost with parliament passing the increase, despite calls for the rise to be higher as the nation deals with a cost of living crisis. Australians with no children on JobSeeker can expect to get about $749 a fortnight, up from just over $693, under the changes from … Read more
