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Corporate tax cuts won’t spur capex cycle immediately

A tax cut adds to firms’ kitties, but many are likely to use the extra profits to improve their balance sheet, net worthThe biggest impediment to a revival in capex cycle is suboptimal capacity utilization levels across industries

3 min read30 Sep 2019
Opinion

RBI must address increasing uncertainties in monetary policy

The minimum support prices sounded more sanguine on growth because of improved capacity utilization and credit offtake, supported by healthy consumption demand

3 min read25 Jul 2018
Market

Delayed trend reversal in private sector capex

Higher demand expansion in core sectors is needed to establish a sure shot trend reversal in capex cycle, a healthier indicator of economic growth

2 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

Found: 111 million MSME workers in India as data rules change

Starting January, Small Industries Development Bank of India and Crisil will publish a quarterly sentiment indicator to track capacity utilization, order books and margins at MSMEs

3 min read22 Nov 2017
Market

No improvement in capacity utilization

For the last four years, there has been no improvement in capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector

1 min read6 Oct 2017
Market

Ramp-up of acquired plants to weigh on UltraTech Cement margins

Though acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates cement assets has boosted UltraTech Cement size, the latter's units operate at a high variable cost and at a relatively low capacity utilization of 50-55%

2 min read3 Jul 2017
Market

Muted outlook for investment demand

RBI's Industrial Outlook Survey shows in the March quarter, 9.3% of those surveyed said that capacity utilization was above normal, while 16.1% said it was below normal

1 min read7 Apr 2017
Market

Cement industry’s capacity utilization to remain stagnant: ICRA

Of the six different maturities of gold bonds, four have dropped by over 5% in the last one month; global coffee prices have done well in 2016, making up some of the losses in 2015

1 min read29 Dec 2016
Market

Global steel output rises 5% in November

Since May, steel production has been rising continuously, reversing a decline seen in early 2016 and all of 2015

1 min read23 Dec 2016
Companies

Not time to build yet for Indian companies

Low capacity utilization, subdued demand, a higher number of stalled projects, stressed balance sheets, a pile of bad debt with state-run banks and the global slowdown will continue to weigh on corporate capex

1 min read21 Mar 2016
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