Later this month. Lets show you the details. Figures from the us Labor Department Show prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 percent in august. Down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a more aggressive 3. 2 percent. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta is in new york. A cut by the fed has been all but promised by them already at their meeting next week. I guess the only outstanding question is by how much. Indeed, as you mentioned in your introduction overall this was a solid report on information monitoring. Annually at 2. 5 , that is the lowest in three years and that is why you will see the White House touting this as it went for the current administration and for the Election Campaign for Vice President kamala harris, and makes it must certain the federal reserve will cut Interest Rates when it meets next week, but for the markets it is a different story and you see th
Budget 2021 news updates: Nirmala Sitharaman delivers budget speech at parliament.
New Delhi:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed parliament today with details of the Union Budget 2021, the first after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She announced foreign direct investment (FDI) hike in insurance to 74 per cent from 49 per cent with foreign control under safeguards. The Finance Minister has set a target of Rs 16.5 lakh crore as agricultural credit. Her budget speech comes after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down businesses for months, leading to lost earnings, curtailed consumer spending and job cuts. The total impact of Atmanirbhar Bharat and measures by RBI was Rs 27.1 lakh crore, which amounts to 30 per cent of GDP, Ms Sitharaman said. 2021 is a year of many milestones, she said.