The Financial Express

Explainer: Why IMF says India’s GDP data is C-grade

A revised GDP series with base year 2022-23 is expected by February 2026, incorporating GST and UPI data, MCA-21 records, and broader coverage of unlisted firms and financial services. In ITS 2025 ...
The Business Journals

SBA demands financial records of all 8(a) program participants amid fraud concerns

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Homeland Security Today

SBA Orders All 8(a) Small Business Participants to Provide Financial Records

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued letters to all contractors within the 8(a) Business Development Program, requiring them to produce financial records as part of a comprehensive ...
The Financial Express

India’s GDP clocks 8.2% in Q2: IMF gives ‘C’ grade rating to national account statistics

IMF is of the view that India’s national account statistics are based on the outdated base year of 2011-12, which makes the GDP estimates unrepresentative of today’s economy. However, the IMF has ...
Tulane Hullabaloo

OPINION | Your business school grade is decided by policy, not performance

Every semester at Tulane University, the same conversation echoes across campus: Do business school students really have it easier than the rest? It is an academic tale of two cities: one where curves ...
Indiatimes

‘Outdated base year’: FM Sitharaman explains IMF’s ‘C’ grade on national accounts; says GDP growth figures not questioned

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified that the IMF did not question India's growth figures, attributing the 'C' grade on national accounts to an outdated base year. India will shift to a ...
The New Indian Express

IMF’s grade C for India's GDP data quality a non-issue: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the government V Anantha Nageswaran has said that India need not be worried about the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual review that assigned a ‘C’ grade to the ...
The New Indian Express

Explainer: Why India gets a 'C' Grade in IMF's data adequacy assessment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given a ‘C’ Grade to India’s national accounts and government finance data infrastructure in its 2025 Data Adequacy Assessment exercise. This grade signifies ...
The Indian Express

Ahead of MoSPI revision, IMF retains ‘C’ grade for India’s GDP data series

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained its overall ‘B’ grade on India’s official statistics and the ‘C’ grade for the national accounts data, reiterating that methodological weaknesses ...
Inc

The Business Plan for Raising Cane’s Earned Its Founder the Worst Grade In His Class. But It Had 1 Genius Insight That Made Him a Billionaire

Raising Cane’s CEO Todd Graves received the worst grade in his college business class on his proposal for a chicken finger restaurant. Now, he’s the wealthiest restaurateur in the country. Since ...
Newsweek

Students at California University Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...