India is currently negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with a wide range of partners, including the United States and the European Union, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. He said New Delhi is working closely with “trusted partners” to strengthen economic ties at a time when global trade faces rising geopolitical and…
The Adani Group on Friday said it is targeting a consolidated debt level of Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030, stressing that its long-term growth strategy aims to minimise reliance on fresh capital raising.Speaking at the Trust Group’s 5th India Debt Capital Market Summit 2025, Adani Group CFO Jugeshinder (Robbie) Singh said the group believes…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the July–September GDP growth of 8.2 per cent reflects the strength of the Indian economy and underscores the impact of reforms and fiscal consolidation.In a post on X, Sitharaman said, “Various high-frequency indicators also point to continued economic momentum and broad-based consumption growth.”Official data released earlier in the…
Backed by stronger-than-expected second-quarter numbers, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday said India’s economy is poised to grow at over 7% this fiscal, with the GDP set to cross the $4 trillion mark in FY26, according to PTI.Briefing reporters after the release of Q2 GDP data, Nageswaran said the economy’s current trajectory makes…
Canada’s economy staged a stronger-than-expected recovery in the third quarter of 2025, expanding 2.6 per cent year-on-year after a contraction in the previous quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada, AFP reported.The rebound was fuelled by an improved trade balance and higher government spending, offsetting the drag from US President Donald Trump’s trade war,…
Black Friday no longer pulls Americans from Thanksgiving dinners for midnight mall queues, but it still draws more in-store traffic than any other day of the year — and remains the unofficial start of the US holiday shopping season.This year’s kickoff came as US consumer confidence slipped following the federal government shutdown, weak hiring and…
The Reserve Bank on Friday completed a nearly six-month regulatory consolidation, repealing 5,673 obsolete circulars and subsuming over 3,800 into 244 function-wise master directions (MDs), the central bank said.In all, 9,446 circulars have been repealed, subsumed or withdrawn as part of the exercise, Deputy Governor S C Murmu said, describing the review as a “mammoth…
US stocks opened with modest gains on Friday as Wall Street wrapped up the last trading session of November on a shortened post-Thanksgiving schedule.The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 66 points, and the Nasdaq gained 0.4 per cent. Coinbase Global climbed 2.2 per cent as Bitcoin traded above…
India’s GDP growth has consistently surprised on the upside in the last few quarters. (AI image) India’s GDP has grown at a robust 8.2% in the second quarter of the financial year – a number that beats all estimates by economists and even the RBI. The six-quarter high real GDP growth is expected to push…
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)’s shares rose on Friday, touching a new 52-week high of Rs 1,580.90 on the BSE after global brokerage Jefferies reiterated its “Buy” rating with a price target of Rs 1,785, implying nearly 14% upside. The stock had ended the previous session at Rs 1,564. In early trade, RIL shares were up…
