Economic Gloom

Britain's finance minister on Friday dismissed "gloom" over its recession-threatened economy and vowed to tap into Brexit opportunities and tackle rampant inflation to boost growth during a cost-of-living crisis.

"Is it all gloom and doom? Not probably...If Mr Putin decides to end the war, there would be certainly an upside," Raghuram Rajan noted.

Stock Market India: The Sensex index hits a record high of62,528.38 on Monday.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks jumped sharply as Asian stocks ended a five-day losing streak following a recovery in Wall Street shares.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks fell for the second straight session driven by a sell-off in global stocks and commodities.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks opened in the green, recouping some of the steep losses in the previous session.

Stock Market India:Equity benchmarks started September on a weak note, plunging significantly at the open tracking wider global economic gloom

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks opened higher on Friday and are on track to extend their weekly gains for the fifth week in a row even as the debate on US Federal Reserve's policy path continues.

Equity benchmarks extended their gains on Monday, after logging their third straight weekly rise, defying a broader global stock markets gloom.

Shanghai is set to finally emerge from its lockdown on June 1 after new infections fell sharply. The mega-city of 25 million people has been cautiously allowing more of its population to venture out and putting more vehicles back onto its once busy streets and boulevards.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi wished fellow citizens on the occasion of Diwali and hoped that the festival of lights would end the gloom of pandemic, darkness of economic recession and distress.

India's Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower for 2020 than in neighboring Bangladesh.

UK financial leaders are scrambling to reassure households, businesses and investors that they can contain the doom and gloom they had predicted in case of a British exit, or Brexit.

Asian shares slipped on Friday as mounting concerns about the health of European banks further threatened a global economic outlook already under strain from falling oil prices and slowdown in China and other emerging markets.

The country can stand out in the gloomy global economic situation with headwinds from China and the US, if it continues with "reforms and responsible economic planning", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said, expressing confidence the country will prove its resilience.

Britain's finance minister on Friday dismissed "gloom" over its recession-threatened economy and vowed to tap into Brexit opportunities and tackle rampant inflation to boost growth during a cost-of-living crisis.

"Is it all gloom and doom? Not probably...If Mr Putin decides to end the war, there would be certainly an upside," Raghuram Rajan noted.

Stock Market India: The Sensex index hits a record high of62,528.38 on Monday.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks jumped sharply as Asian stocks ended a five-day losing streak following a recovery in Wall Street shares.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks fell for the second straight session driven by a sell-off in global stocks and commodities.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks opened in the green, recouping some of the steep losses in the previous session.

Stock Market India:Equity benchmarks started September on a weak note, plunging significantly at the open tracking wider global economic gloom

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks opened higher on Friday and are on track to extend their weekly gains for the fifth week in a row even as the debate on US Federal Reserve's policy path continues.

Equity benchmarks extended their gains on Monday, after logging their third straight weekly rise, defying a broader global stock markets gloom.

Shanghai is set to finally emerge from its lockdown on June 1 after new infections fell sharply. The mega-city of 25 million people has been cautiously allowing more of its population to venture out and putting more vehicles back onto its once busy streets and boulevards.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi wished fellow citizens on the occasion of Diwali and hoped that the festival of lights would end the gloom of pandemic, darkness of economic recession and distress.

India's Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower for 2020 than in neighboring Bangladesh.

UK financial leaders are scrambling to reassure households, businesses and investors that they can contain the doom and gloom they had predicted in case of a British exit, or Brexit.

Asian shares slipped on Friday as mounting concerns about the health of European banks further threatened a global economic outlook already under strain from falling oil prices and slowdown in China and other emerging markets.

The country can stand out in the gloomy global economic situation with headwinds from China and the US, if it continues with "reforms and responsible economic planning", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said, expressing confidence the country will prove its resilience.