Latha Venkatesh ✓

@latha_venkatesh · Mumbai · joined 19 Jul 2012

Consulting Editor @CNBCTV18News ; interested in markets and macroeconomics

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479Following

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406KViews on collected posts

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Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

@latha_venkatesh Your post is useful but the food and informal sector calculations are contentious because they reveal a bias against basic employment and basic consumption. Agreed LED bulbs replace old bulbs but GDP numbers have less social relevance when infrastructure weighta 7.1K views · 28 likes · 1 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

@latha_venkatesh Don’t you think we need a back series before we pass normative judgement ? This one data point froth is very depressing to be honest 6.9K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

And next week will be yet another high in FX reserves 17.2K views · 172 likes · 14 reposts · 37 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

@latha_venkatesh Distinguished Economist & the first Chief Statistician of India Dr Pronab Sen has raised serious concerns on the new GDP series, mainly with the way Inflation & real GDP are being established. Questioning GoI on the accuracy of data & demanding transparency is n

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Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

I counter former finance secretary Garg’s accusation that GDP growth is overstated. I explain all the methodology changes in computing GDP that led to revising last year’s Q1 GDP lower. 146.4K views · 762 likes · 156 reposts · 141 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

#MCOpinion | Analysing the accusation of manipulated GDP growth - Former finance secretary questioned Q1 GDP growth. - GDP numbers revised due to methodology overhaul. - Base year, inflation indices, informal sector data changed. Details by @latha_venkatesh 96.4K views · 111 likes · 28 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

🚨𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡! Fx reserves touch record high of $740.80 Bn as of Aug 28, 2026 Fx reserves rise by $11.48 Bn over the previous week ending Aug 21, led by a sharp increase in Foreign Currency Assets @CNBCTV18Live https://t.co/60gxGwrT0Z 26.9K views · 63 likes · 6 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh4 Sep

My God, this is amazing! 35.2K views · 193 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh3 Sep

Want to draw attention to the last sentence of my take. Now that we have a surfeit of dollars, will RBI close the ECB and OFCB scheme also earlier than the current deadline of Dec 31? I have a hunch they will ! 14.7K views · 67 likes · 6 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh3 Sep

Dollar Inflows | A Problem Of Plenty For RBI - Impact & Likely Steps: -$136 bn FCNR(B) inflow means Rs 13 trillion extra system liquidity -Will pull down call rate, repo rate & the entire yield curve -Falling yields unwelcome when Inflation is rising & RBI is hinting at rate 43.8K views · 104 likes · 16 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Latha Venkatesh ✓@latha_venkatesh3 Sep

$ Inflows Via FCNR, ECBs Cross $136 Bn | Experts Bat For CRR Hike, OMOs to ensure liquidity doesn't fuel inflation. - An insightful discussion https://t.co/BhLfhAmF5e via @YouTube 10K views · 29 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

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11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views17 195this account5 983median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.02%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.52%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	17 195	5 983	2.87×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.02%	1.49%	2.70×
Engagement rate	0.52%	0.93%	0.56×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

10K3 Sep

43.8K

14.7K

35.2K4 Sep

26.9K

96.4K

146.4K

1.4K

17.2K

6.9K

7.1K

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Engagement rate per post

0.35%3 Sep

0.30%

0.61%

0.62%4 Sep

0.29%

0.16%

0.74%

1.80%

1.30%

0.46%

0.52%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.

What the audience does

Likes68.0%1 573 in total

Reposts10.9%253 in total

Replies10.4%240 in total

Quotes1.6%38 in total

Bookmarks9.0%209 in total

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