Deflators, discrepancies, data sources: After 11 years, India’s GDP set to get updated

After more than a decade of questions and debates, India is set to finally get an updated gauge of its GDP, with the Ministry ...

Datanomics: India's GDP surprise driven by deflator effect across sectors

The sharp uptick was largely due to the impact of GDP deflators, which remained unusually soft, particularly in the primary and secondary sectors ...

Williams responds to concerns raised by fiscal commissioner

FINANCE Minister Fayval Williams on Tuesday responded to concerns raised by the Independent Fiscal Commission about the state ...
Reuters

Japan govt advisers say watch GDP deflator in push for inflation

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's policy makers should monitor the gross domestic product deflator to measure progress in stoking inflation, influential members of a panel that advises the government said on ...
Opinion

Opinion: India’s GDP puzzle — When statistics grow faster than the economy

If measurement itself becomes a subject of debate, the informational foundations of economic policymaking inevitably weaken ...

Old WPI, new GDP base year series: Economists split on the impact

Economists remain divided on whether the unrevised WPI base will distort real GDP estimates as India shifts its GDP base year to 2022-23, even as CPI has been rebased ...