{
  "id": 5259634,
  "title": "'Intellectual dishonesty': SBI hits back at 2.6% GDP growth claim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/intellectual-dishonesty-sbi-hits-back-at-2-6-gdp-growth-claim",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:24:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/intellectual-dishonesty-sbi-hits-back-at-2-6-gdp-growth-claim-says-numbers-compared-incorrectly/articleshow/133725668.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The State Bank of India has challenged assertions of low nominal GDP growth, asserting that the 2.6% figure arose from inconsistent data comparisons. The bank highlights that the official real GDP growth for Q1 FY27 remains robust at 7.8%. It's common for quarterly GDP figures to be adjusted, and further revisions will continue until the data is finalized.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Economy",
        "title": "‘I was shocked’: Neelkanth Mishra hits back at ‘egregiously wrong’ claims on India’s GDP growth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/i-was-shocked-neelkanth-mishra-hits-back-at-egregiously-wrong-claims",
        "published": "2026-09-03T04:57:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}