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Bank of Baroda branch in India. Debadatta Chand, Managing Director & CEO, of Bank of Baroda said, “The Bank has taken great strides in embedding sustainability into its operations, including our approach to risk management, governance, social responsibility, and environmental impact.

While optimism about the US economy’s direction has seen an uptick, an unprecedented number of Americans are reporting a heightened sense of financial insecurity, according to a new study from Northwestern Mutual.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia ahead of a report on inflation in the U.S. that could sway the Federal Reserve's timing on cutting interest rates

Poland’s president is calling on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product

Consumer prices likely rose last month at a pace that would exceed the Federal Reserve’s inflation target, underscoring why the Fed is being cautious as it considers when to cut interest rates and suggesting that inflation will remain a potent issue in...

Japan’s economy managed to grow in the fourth quarter of last year, averting a recession, according to revised government data released Monday that had previously shown a contraction

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif picked a former banker from JPMorgan Chase & Co. as finance minister to help bolster the cash-strapped economy after a contentious election. Muhammad Aurangzeb, 59, was appointed to the position, the Finance Ministry confirmed in a post on X.

Valuations of Chinese stocks are «way too low» and investors should be looking to cautiously re-enter the world's second-largest economy, according to Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of the China Market Research Group.

Sure, it glitters less than gold and silver, but copper and copper ETFs could provide upside and diversification for advisors seeking commodity exposure.  

Tata Motors, which harnessed increasing demand for electric cars to reclaim automotive market-capitalization leadership in India, has urged New Delhi to extend incentives on electric taxis for another three years and also include personal cars in the government's flagship demand support program FAME, citing global EV leader China's example. Tata Motors, which has seen a near-six-fold surge in its stock price through the past five years that helped establish its domestic EV leadership credentials, wants New Delhi to help replicate an enabling environment similar to that in Beijing that has pledged to support adoption of EVs until unit sales touched at least a fifth of all new cars sold. «Globally, major economies (China, Germany) have continued to support EV adoption with demand subsidies until achievement of at least 20% EV adoption,» Shailesh Chandra, managing director, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, said in the letter dated March 9. «The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry had also recommended in 2023 that the Government broaden the scope and extend FAME by at least three more years to make the scheme more inclusive,» Chandra said in the letter, a copy of which has been seen by ET.

date night was becoming a financial strain. There has been a lot of theorising about why so many Americans feel worse off economically. True, real wages are now finally increasing, the labour market is great, the stock market is up, and consumers are spending. But none of this amounts to a complete picture of Americans' quality of life. And people will tend to think it has declined if things they value feel like a stretch.

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain has a long way to go for inflation pressures to be consistent with the Bank of England's 2% target, one of the central bank's policymakers, Catherine Mann, said on Monday.

₹52.7 trillion worth of assets under management (AUM) as of end January, and 150 million investor folios. On an average, over 1.2 million new folios have been added every month since April 2017. It is expected that the MF industry’s AUM will cross ₹100 trillion in the next nine or 10 years.

Business insolvencies will likely remain elevated throughout 2024, experts said, as the economy plays catch-up after historically low levels during the pandemic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway today, heralding a new era for the real estate market in the region. With this, the Dwarka Expressway-New Gurgaon cluster is expected to see more holistic development of real estate on the back of operational expressway.

“Quiet." “Stealthy." “Surprising." Gold prices are hitting record highs, and Wall Street analysts say they have been caught off guard. The precious metal is traditionally seen as a haven in times of volatility and geopolitical risk. This time, its ascent is coinciding with investor optimism about the U.S.

 'Kudlow' panelists Art Laffer and Steve Moore react to voters ditching 'Bidenomics' ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Senior executives from Canada’s biggest banks were in New York this week for the RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference, where they addressed issues ranging from the financial health of consumers to interest rates and credit quality. The Financial Post’s Denise Paglinawan rounds up some of the highlights.

Modi on Monday said the speed of implementation of infrastructure projects will be accelerated manifold in the next five years to make India the third largest economy in the world. Modi said he has inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth Rs 10 lakh crore so far this calendar year and added that he is running short of time for inaugurating projects. He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for 114 National Highway projects across the country worth about Rs 1 lakh crore.

Investing.com — The U.S. dollar slipped lower in early European trade Monday, trading near two-month lows ahead of the release of key U.S. inflation data for more clues over the timing of the start of the anticipated Federal Reserve rate-cutting cycle.