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Index Of Infrastructure Output

A combined index that measures the production performance of Eight Core Industries: refinery, electricity, steel, coal, crude oil, natural gas, cement and fertilizers.

Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

The all India IIP is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base period.

Current Account

A nation's current account records its transactions with the rest of the world - specifically its net trade in goods and services, net earnings on cross-border investments, and its net transfer payments over a defined period.

Consumer Confidence

It is an economic indicator that measures the degree of optimism or pessimism that consumers feel about the overall state of the economy and their personal financial situation.

Wholesale Inflation

It measures the changes in the wholesale price of basket of 697 goods. The quantum of rise in the WPI month-after-month is used to measure the level of wholesale inflation in the economy.

Retail Inflation

It is a general rise in consumer price levels where a unit of currency effectively buys lesser goods and services. More commonly, people refer to inflation as "the rising cost of living".

Labour Force Participation Rate

It is the percentage of people employed in the working-age population

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