Economic firepower is fine, but let's give the 'bazooka' a break
WEB21 hours ago · There’s even an argument that rather than bolster confidence in the two companies, the bazooka undermined it by raising the threat of action by the state. It was a rough period: On September 15, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy. Despite the Freddie-Fannie debacle, the bazooka refused to be idled.
Decarbonisation key to firm profitability, India ahead of ...
WEB2 days ago · How quickly firms adapt to the climate-change challenge will determine the achievement of emission targets. A global survey conducted recently by the Boston Consulting Group and CO2 AI, a sustainability-management platform, highlights that relative to 2022 and 2023, progress on climate issues ...
US economy grew at 3% rate last quarter, govt says in final ...
WEB2 days ago · US economy grew at 3% rate last quarter, govt says in final estimate Consumer spending, the primary driver of the economy, grew last quarter at a 2.8% pace, down slightly from the 2.9% rate that the government had previously estimated
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WEB1 day ago · The female LFPR - rural and urban combined - also increased from a low of 23.3 per cent in 2017-18 to 41.7 per cent in the latest survey ...
Best of BS Opinion: Labour market signals, green businesses ...
WEB2 days ago · The latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey report for July 2023-June 2024, released this week, shows the unemployment rate remained at 3.2 per cent, the same as last year.
Building strong relationship with US has been PM Modi's ...
WEB3 days ago · World Bank President Ajay Banga heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for prioritising on building a strong relationship with the United States both bilaterally and also through the Quad security grouping, adding that it has been his strategy ever since he took office. Speaking to ANI on the ...
Unemployment steady, but poor job quality persists amid LFPR ...
WEB2 days ago · The latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report for July 2023-June 2024, released this week, shows the unemployment rate remained at 3.2 per cent, the same as last year. However, the overall labour force participation rate (LFPR) under “usual status” for persons aged 15 years and ...