Particulars Close % Change Particulars – Last Data Point Country Profile - India China India 10Y India 6.488 -1.19% GDP growth (Quarterly YoY) 5.80% 6.40% 10Y USA 2.1219 3.63% GDP per capita (PPP) $6,899 $16,186.80 USDINR 68.6825 0.04% EURUSD 1.127 0.50% Consumer price index (Inflation rate) 3.18% 2.70% Brent Crude 66.72 4.07% Unemployment rate 6.00% 3.67% Gold MCX 34407 -0.09% Current A/C (As a % of GDP) -2.30% 0.40% Sensex 38736.23 0.04% Central Bank Interest Rate 5.75% 4.35% Nifty 11552.5 -0.05% S&P500 3013.77 1.27% EQUIPOISE WEEKLY 10Y bond yield Government Debt to GDP 6.49% 68.7% 3.17% 47.6% MSCI World 2212.65 0.82% MSCI E.M. 1050.91 0.45% Source: The data points are obtained from consolidator tradingeconomics.com
8th – 14th July
Domestic Economic Affairs QUOTE FACT OF THE WEEK CPI inflation for June quickened to 3.18%; Slowdown in quarterly OF THE WEEK growth had forced RBI to revise 2019-20 growth forecasts to 7% from 7.2%; Another interest rate cut in sight to stimulate growth
FM Nirmala Sitharaman defended the budget, claiming estimates
to be realistic; India on track to become a $5 trillion economy The central government is likely to give up direct control of profitable ONGC, NTPC & GAIL in attempt to control fiscal deficit LTCG tax spooks start-up investors as those earning Rs. 2-5 cr pay 26% while those earning more than Rs. 5 cr pay 28.5% The Department of Economic Affairs and Financial Services are in "I guess I should consultation to issue guidelines to state banks to take over Just 1% of pooled assets of NBFCs and address stress in the sector warn you, if I turn Amazon owner, out to be Jeff Bezos’s particularly clear, International Economic Affairs fortune is Fed chair Jerome Powell raises “serious concerns” about FB’s equivalent to the you've probably Libra; Mentions that “we cannot allow giant companies to assert misunderstood their power over critical public infra” in latest blow to Facebook entire health what I've said" Powell announced that the Fed is planning to lower borrowing budget for costs for the first time in a decade; Provides a signal to E.M. banks to cut rates & stimulate growth without fear of capital flight Ethiopia, a - Alan Greenspan India, US to restart trade talks after Trump tweeted that tariffs on country of 105 US were “no longer acceptable!” on Tuesday; India had imposed Former Chair of the million people Federal Reserve higher tariffs on US in retaliation to concession decision on June 1 Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi are set to meet in Varanasi on Oct- 12 for the second informal summit to energize bilateral ties