CMIE consumer pyramid household survey hints at ongoing V-shaped recovery based on jobs numbers“The recovery since that trough has been quick. Half of the recovery was achieved in the first week of the process. This was the week ended...
"Bias it is": CMIE chief's defence of CPHS survey elicits fresh critical response from Jean Drèze, Anmol Somanchi"The representativeness of CPHS data cannot be assumed from the survey methodology. It must be scrutinised through comparisons with other c...
View: New barometer of India’s economy fails to reflect deprivations of poor householdsFar from being nationally representative, CMIE's Consumer Pyramid Household Survey is heavily biased towards better-off households, and qui...
CMIE CEO Mahesh Vyas on why govt's employment data smell test smells fishyIndependent testing of data is of critical importance to a young database like CPHS. CMIE is grateful to all those who test the data. In th...
Consumer sentiment index falls 3.8% in April, sharpest drop since May 2020: CMIEAccording to CMIE, there is heightened pessimism regarding the future, regarding their incomes over the next 12 months, regarding the econo...
A tale of two methodologies: Which dataset captures the real picture of the labour market?As the survey methodologies are different for PLFS and CMIE, it is useful to compare the datasets and undertake some simple smell tests.
Consumer sentiment worsened in the week after Budget: CMIE“A full week after the presentation of the Union Budget, the Index of Consumer Sentiments fell 4.2% in contrast to a 9% increase in equity ...
8.78% unemployment estimate for 2018-19 conservative compared to PLFS: CMIEExplaining the rationale behind this, Mahesh Vyas of CMIE said, the current weekly status is more relevant as a whole as it has less recall...
20 million back in the job in May as lockdown easesAbout 20 million workers came back into employment in May as the government eased the nationwide lockdown to counter Covid-19 outbreak.
India's unemployment rate continues to hover above 24%India’s unemployment rate was a tad higher at 24.3% for the week ended May 24, a CMIE report said.
Over one-third of Indian households may run out of resources in another week: CMIE SurveyCMIE's study on lockdown says nearly 84% of households have suffered a decrease in monthly income.
India jobless rate swells above 23% amid coronavirus lockdown, survey showsIndia’s unemployment rate may have climbed to 23% as the economy lost jobs after a nationwide lockdown.
More people employed in May-August 2019, says CMIEWhile overall employment numbers did increase, sectors like IT and finance did not see much growth.
5 million men lost jobs since 2016: ReportThe State of Working India 2019 report has said that five million men lost their jobs between 2016 and 2018.
Jobs data may come along with detailed note on methodologyThings have changed, don't compare this data to any earlier survey, a top government official said.
India's rural unemployment rate 7.15% and urban stood at 9.62%, BSE index showsIndia’s rural unemployment rate stood at 7.15% and the Urban rate stood at 9.62%. The overall rate of unemployment rate in the country stoo...
BSE to soon reel off jobless, consumer sentiment data dailyBSE said it's in the process of launching job & consumer sentiment data from next year to help policymakers and companies get a better grip...