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Former Reagan economist Art Laffer discusses inflation, recession concerns and the impact of the election on the economy.

FOX Business’ Grady Trimble speaks with manufacturers in Iowa about their economic concerns less than a week away from the state’s caucuses.

India is poised to play a pivotal role in the post-pandemic world order. As the world’s fastest growing large economy, India’s strong fundamentals have positioned it to move from fifth place to third in terms of economic size by 2030. Therefore, it is no surprise that it has built strong commercial relationships with countries across the world and has become a magnet for inbound investments.

Around this time a year ago, about 85% of economists and market analysts, including me, expected that the US and global economy would suffer a recession. Falling but still-sticky inflation suggested that monetary policy would grow tighter before rapidly easing once the recession hit; stock markets would fall, and bond yields would remain high. Instead, the opposite mostly happened.

India as the businesses in the country have been leading in terms of investing in social causes, a senior UN official said on Thursday and stressed that business is the key driver that will deliver the sustainable development goals. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp also said that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is indispensable in India's journey, where businesses are at the forefront in the efforts of the country to become a USD 5 trillion economy. «The world needs business and the world needs India and as India leads, the world is following,» he said at a conference on CSR in the national capital.

Investing.com -- Headline U.S. inflation accelerated in December, while an annual underlying reading slowed marginally, as Federal Reserve officials search for signs of easing price gains before rolling out possible interest rate cuts this year.

RBL Bank, said there aren’t signs of weakness similar to two decades ago. “We have a share in the ever-growing segment. We believe that it's going to grow in the mid segment as well as in corporate.

Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall U.S. inflation in December, a sign that the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow inflation to its two per cent target will likely remain a bumpy one.

The Surge of Digital+ MarketingThe evolution from digital to Digital+ represents a hyper-connected, AI-based, omnichannel, and intuitively personalized approach to marketing. This era is characterized by deep engagement, insights and sophisticated analytics, where marketing is so seamlessly integrated into the user experience that personalization at scale helps achieve much greater ROI.

Investing.com -- Headline U.S. inflation is expected to have accelerated slightly in December, while an annual underlying reading is seen slowing, as Federal Reserve officials search for signs of easing price gains before rolling out possible interest rate cuts this year.

Nigel Green, a long-term cryptocurrency advocate and CEO of the deVere Group, sees the landmark SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday sending the cryptocurrency higher — perhaps to $60,000 as soon as the end of March 2024.

rupee ended little changed against the dollar on Thursday, ahead of the key U.S. inflation data that could potentially help investors reassess the outlook for interest rates in the world's largest economy. The rupee was at 83.0275 to the dollar compared with 83.0250 in the previous session. The rupee had, in intraday trades, risen to a near one-month high of 82.9350 on dollar sales by certain foreign banks pertaining to custodial and positional flows, traders said. «Despite the dollar inflows, the rupee needs to close convincingly above 83 to confirm a change in trend,» said Jigar Trivedi, senior research analyst — currencies and commodities at Reliance Securities. The role of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be important in terms of how these flows are managed, Trivedi added. U.S.

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RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, says: “We have preferred Gujarat because we have already established for the first site, a vendor base for all the components. These components today are catering to a demand for 750,000 cars a year. If we can make this to 2 million, there would be significant improvements in the economies of scale and therefore lower cost of production of components. And as components are close to 70% of the cost of a car, any reduction in the component cost is a major advantage to us. Secondly, we are going to more than triple exports by the end of this decade. The export of cars is largely taking place through a port in Gujarat.” We are speaking at a time when the Vibrant Gujarat Summit is underway and you have talked about expanding your presence there. What is the rationale for picking up the same state for the next one million units as well? Have you been that comfortable and successful in Gujarat? RC Bhargava: Well let me clarify, the MOU at the moment says that Gujarat is our preferred state for expansion by another one million units a year Now we have preferred Gujarat because we have already established for the first site, a vendor base for all the components.

Covid pandemic and this has helped the Indian economy to be the bright spot amid global economic meltdown, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said. «The remarkable turnaround in the Indian banking system has been a cornerstone of India’s success story in the recent years. Today, the Indian banking system is well-placed to support India’s growth story in the years ahead,» Das said Thursday at Mint BFSI summit in Mumbai. He said that the trust on the banking and financial system that is built over a period of time through sustained efforts needs to be preserved. «The Reserve Bank has committed itself to safeguard the trust factor of the Indian financial system.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) informed that owing to operational considerations, the exchange of Rs 2,000 notes will not be available on January 12 at the RBI's Mumbai Regional Office. The facility will resume on Monday, January 15, 2024, which is the next working day, the RBI stated. The last day to exchange Rs 2000 bank was October 07, 2023, after that individual can Rs 2000 banknotes entities at the 19 RBI Issue Offices for credit to their bank accounts in India for any amount. All About Tax-Saving Why Rs2000 denomination banknotes were withdrawn? According to the RBI FAQs, «The Rs 2000 denomination banknote was introduced in November 2016 under Section 24(1) of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act) primarily with the objective of meeting the currency requirement of the economy in an expeditious manner after withdrawal of the legal tender status of all Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes in circulation at that time.

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari reacts to Jamie Dimon saying high Fed rates may lead to a recession on 'The Big Money Show.'

Union Budget by the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 Lok Sabha Election. An annual financial statement for the Union of India that contains the government's revenue and expenditure for a given fiscal year, the Union Budget is a massive and complex document. The budget is an annual financial statement that outlines the government's proposed expenditures and revenues for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on April 1st and ends on March 31st of the following year.

A stable economy, coupled with impressive tax collections in GST as well as advance income tax should give the current government the power to maintain its capex investments in the Budget, says Vinay Jaising, managing director and co-head, portfolio management services at JM Financial Services. “Capex investments have grown 5.6x in the last decade and now account for 3.3% of the GDP. This should enhance in both the interim and the final budget for the year,” Jaising said in an interview with ETMarkets. He also believes that 2024 would be the year for Indian equities on both an absolute and relative performance basis versus the rest of the world. Edited excerpts: With 2023 turning out to be one of the best times for Indian equities, did your manage to generate alpha returns for your clients? Vinay Jaising: In the last year, three out of four of our Discretionary platforms, which have over a year of history, outperformed the benchmark BSE 500 TRI Index handsomely from 2.6% to 6.9%; with the fourth being largely a market performer.

Kunj Bansal, NISM, says “the benefit of investment into the core areas, into the infrastructure, into highway, into manufacturing will get passed on in terms of increased standards of living, higher earning standard of people, higher earnings, increased disposable income and things like that which will result into increased consumption.” If we have to become the third largest economy, which are the sectors that will be the biggest contributors in the next leg of growth? Kunj Bansal: For any economy to grow sustainably over a period of time, investments are very critical into the infrastructure areas, capital goods and manufacturing. Of course, these will be the critical areas where a lot of investments will have to go in. The derived impact of these automatically comes from the consumption areas. So the benefit of investment into the core areas, into the infrastructure, into highway, into manufacturing will get passed on in terms of increased standards of living, higher earning standard of people, higher earnings, increased disposable income and things like that which will result into increased consumption. So that obviously will give a boost subsequently to consumer durables, consumer goods, textiles, passenger vehicles, two wheelers and things like that. Having said that, let us also not forget that India, while the contribution to the GDP from agriculture is third in terms of ranking, we have highest from service then from manufacturing and from agriculture around 20%.

As investors await these results this week, a gauge of Indian tech shares has fallen for three straight weeks after rallying for the most part in 2023. The broader benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index was also in the red so far this year after gaining 20% in 2023.