Factors that will guide the markets this week

The US Fed interest rate decision, inflation data and FIIs are the key factors that are expected to drive stock markets this week,  analysts said. Global trends will also be tracked by investors for further cues, they added. “The Indian

Higher tax will drive capital away, says CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

Nageswaran said the reduction of poverty, and not income inequality, is the litmus test of equitable growth. Taxing capital less may not lead to more investments but taxing more will drive capital away, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on

India’s mcap-to-GDP ratio third-highest despite correction

The ratio of market capitalisation to gross domestic product (GDP) in India remains elevated despite the recent correction in the equities markets. It was 147.5 per cent on December 3, 56 per cent higher than the 10-year average of 94

Equity boom spurs shareholder activism

Punit Goenka, the former director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, is not the only one who lost his board seat due to shareholders’ activism last fortnight. In recent past, institutional shareholders of several companies, including Nestle and Wipro, have pushed back

‘GDP Numbers Will Be A Distant Memory’

Latest GDP growth numbers a one-off development and not the beginning of a trend, says CEA V Anantha Nageswaran.   India’s second-quarter GDP growth rate of 5.4 per cent is disappointing but there is no reason to be alarmed as

‘GST Council Should Jack Up Rates’

‘Rates go up, revenues go up, and the need for compensation diminishes.’   The Goods and Services Tax Council has turned into a “rate cutting panel”, former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Friday while suggesting that the council