RECENT
NEWS ON GLOBAL ECONOMY
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| RECENT
NEWS ON INDIAN
ECONOMY |
 RBI raises repo
rates
Rupee joins elite club
At 11.5%, May
industrial growth hits 7-month low
Food inflation inches
up to 12.81%
Costlier fuel
nudges up June inflation to
10.55%
SEBI asks bourses to
experiment call auction
Boost for stock
lending and borrowing
Liquidity to remain
tight in FY11: Goldman
55% of India’s
population poor: UNDP Report
Crude
Oil Spot price ($/barrel)
20 July, 2010
Brent, Europe
:: 76.31
WTI Cushing :: 77.32
20 July, 2010
Brent
:: 64.64
WTI Cushing :: 63.93
Updated
on 26 July, 2010
Source: EIA, Official Energy
Statistics from the US Government
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Indian
Economic
Indicators
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GDP
|
8.6% - Q4, 2009-10
6.0% - Q3,
2009-10
7.9% - Q2,
2009-10
6.1%
- Q1,
2009-10
7.4% - 2009-10
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11.5% (May, 2010)
17.6% (April, 2010)
13.5%
(March,
2010)
10.4% (2009-10)
2.6% (2008-09)
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WPI
Inflation
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Primary Articles: 16.48%(July 10,
10)
Food
Articles: 12.47%(July 10, 10)
All
Commodty: 10.55%* (June,
2010)
A ll
Commodty: 10.16%* (May,
2010)
*:
Provisional;
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RBI
Policy Rate
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Bank
Rate: 6% p.a;
Reverse Repo Rate: 4.50% (wef
27 July, 2010);
Repo Rate: 5.75% (wef 27 July, 10)
CRR : 6.00% (w.e.f 24 Apr,
2010)
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Exchange Rate
|
47.13 (Dollar), 60.78 (Euro),
72.06 (Pound), 54.19 (Yen)
[July 19, 2010 to July 23, 2010,
weekly average].
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Updated
on 29 July, 2010.
See
Terminology
section for explanations and notes.
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GDP PROJECTION
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Global Economic Indicators
Country
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US
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UK
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Euro
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Japan
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China
|
GDP(y-o-y
% change)
|
2.4
(Q1,
2010) |
-0.2
(Q1,
2010) |
0.6
(Q1, 2010) |
4.6
(Q1,
2010) |
10.3
(Q2, 2010) |
| CPI
(y-o-y % change) |
1.1
(June, 2010) |
3.2
(June, 2010) |
1.4
(June,
2010) |
-0.9
(May, 2010) |
2.9
(June,
2010) |
| Industrial
Production
(y-o-y % change) |
7.6
(May, 2010) |
2.5
(May,
2010) |
9.4
(May,
2010) |
20.2
(May, 2010) |
13.7
(June,
2010) |
Unemployment
Rate (%)
|
9.5
(June, 2010)
|
7.8
(May, 2010) |
10.0
(May, 2010) |
5.2
(May, 2010)
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9.6
(2009) |
Currency
Unit (against $) on
July 15,
2010
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--
|
0.66
|
0.79
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88.5 |
6.77
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Policy
Rate (%)
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0 to
0.25
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0.5
|
1.0 |
0.1 |
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Updated
on 18 July, 2010
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