The “total fertility rate” is a coarse estimate of the number of children an average woman will bear. A population will be ...

By contrast, the CPIH and CPI baskets reflect the total share of expenditure ... (decile 2), at 2.6% and households without children (2.8%), who experienced lower rates of inflation, in the 12 months ...

Consumption of goods by households ... 0.9 Consumption of services by households 2024 November* 0.6 Consumption of services by households 2024 December* 0.8 This table provides figures on the ...

For FY 2025-26, the RBI has predicted a growth rate of 6.70% in its latest MPC meeting ... is driven by consumer spending or the consumption expenditure, which generates demand for goods and ...

Flagging issues of low consumption expenditure and inequality, the Congress on Friday said the way out of this quagmire is to shift the focus of policymaking from cronyism to bottom-up empowerment ...

The slump in consumption ... expenditure across states. According to HCES, the share of conveyance increased to 7.4 percent in 2023-24 compared with 4.2 percent in FY12 in rural areas and from 6.5 ...

It is expected to be an increase in expenditure of 6.6 per cent from the 2024 Budget ... to $21.7 billion from growth in private consumption. Collections from other taxes, which include the ...

India’s economy likely expanded by ... expenditure provided a much-needed boost, economists said. However, the uneven nature of the recovery raises concerns about the sustainability of growth in the ...

David Bell, an associate professor of Linguistics, and Theresa Moran, an associate professor of instruction, have spent over a decade combining their expertise to explore food studies.

SAN ANTONIO – Hector Salazar Jr. said he never expected to see his 6-year-old son, Max Casias, lying in a hospital bed. “My poor baby,” Salazar said. “He had the worst of it.” ...

Economists now think its preferred inflation gauge—the PCE, or personal-consumption-expenditures price index—probably came a bit closer to target last month. PCE draws on data from both of the ...