Weekly economic indicators: Power, freight numbers up; traffic holds steady

Economic recovery on even ground even as government announces fresh stimulus

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Data economic indicators | Power Sector | Indian Economy

Sachin P Mampatta Shine Jacob & Krishna Kant  |  Mumbai, New Delhi 

Some indicators of economic activity report higher numbers than in 2019, even as others have held on to their gains since the unlocking. Electricity generation and goods carried by trains are higher now than last year.

Other indicators like traffic have been showing steady improvement. Business Standard tracks these and other weekly economic indicators like pollution and location data to get a more current picture of the economy ahead of the formal macroeconomic numbers which are released with a lag. Analysts globally have depended on similar high frequency indicators to keep up with a ...

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First Published: Tue, October 13 2020. 10:48 IST
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