Covid-19 impacts FPI flows
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have taken out ₹1,30,491 crore between January and May 2020, making it the worst period in 5 years. March witnessed the maximum monthly outflow since 2016.
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Asia to see 0% growth in 2020, says IMF
Chang Yong Rhee, director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, also wrote in a blog that the current crisis from Covid-19 is like no other, worse than the Global Financial Crisis.
A timely move to save the Indian economy
Relaxing lockdown rules for the agricultural sector was vital as farmers have been facing manpower shortage amid the Rabi harvest season.
‘Covid-19 hangs over the future, like a spectre’
While directly mum on inflation and growth, the RBI’s latest monetary policy report warns that Covid-19 would impact economic activity in India through lockdowns and slowing global trade and growth.
Investing in 2020: The crystal gazers
Fortune India spoke to some of the best investment brains in the business for their outlook on India’s growth story, their preferred asset allocation, and overall investment strategy.
Surviving the coronavirus outbreak
How can the government limit the economic fall-out from the coronavirus and help in a V-shape recovery?
Does patriarchy prevent India’s economic growth?
Tough questions need to be asked about the role of patriarchy in impeding India’s economic growth, and platitudes about culture cannot paper over the problems any more.
Telecom: How the call dropped
Editor’s letter from the March 2020 issue.
Rate cuts are a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’
Despite acknowledging that inflation surged above tolerance level and the economy continued to be weak, the central bank’s MPC sees policy space available for future rate action.
RBI stays ‘consistent’ on rate and policy stance
At the last monetary policy meeting of FY20, the central bank kept the interest rate unchanged, with a warning to not read the ‘pause’ continually for its future actions.
