Real Economic Growth Rate: Definition, Calculation, and Uses

Economists use the real economic growth rate to measure how quickly a country’s economy is growing. Learn the difference from ...
ET BFSI

GDP growth debate: Is the deflator making India’s 7.8% growth look stronger?

Explore the debate over India's 7.8% GDP growth rate for Q1 FY27, highlighting the role of the GDP deflator and the ...
BW Businessworld

New GDP Series: Govt Explains Data Revisions, Deflators And GVA

MoSPI has issued fresh clarifications on the updated GDP series, explaining the negative manufacturing deflator, revisions to Q1 FY26 estimates ...

7.8% GDP ‘puzzle’: Why does headline growth look so different from lived economic reality?

Nominal GDP grew by 10.3 per cent while real GDP grew by 7.8 per cent. The difference between the two figures implies a GDP ...

Explained: Why India’s 7.8% GDP growth has sparked a maths debate

One of the biggest points of discussion and questioning is the revision to Q1 FY26 GDP at current prices, that is the figures ...

GDP methodology: MoSPI says negative manufacturing deflator does not mean factory-gate prices fell

The ministry explained how double deflation can produce a negative implicit GVA deflator when input prices rise faster than ...