Tools and Weapons | Angel or demon?
Let us look at the good part first. It is a leveller and depending on the extent to which countries are open and willing to invest or let the IT firms come in, provides equal opportunity to everyone.
Groupthink approach to policy
There is a big difference in the way in which the Groupthink directs opinion and the MPC considers the same, and the way in which banks and markets react.
RCEP: India won’t get a sweet deal
Under the prevailing conditions, it would be hard to have our way in most trade agreements as every country would be pushing to leverage the deal which increases their exports and limits imports.
Big Billion Startup | An engaging account of genesis and survival of Flipkart
Flipkart started off from a residential flat and expanded to premises in prime areas in Bengaluru.
Ease of Doing Business rankings: Rising through the ranks
Following the World Bank formula should not end in just bettering the rank but must also ensure that this is translated across all states and cities.
Reset | Rather radical solutions to bring the economy back to shape
Fast forward to the present and Swamy does some straight talking. He calls Manmohan Singh an “accomplished economist but a marginal figure of no consequence in his own government”.
Expectations, not policy, key to recovery
This is why the upward path will be slow, and more driven by statistical biases than real policy impulses.
The right experiments: India should take pride in the evidence-based policy approach
Poverty is a major issue for a large part of the human geography with over 700 mn people being afflicted in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
How safe is your bank deposit?
With an upper limit of Rs 1 lakh for a deposit, intuitively the bank need not take cover for the bulk of the deposits.
Talking to strangers | Decoding strangers and how we can get it horribly wrong
Malcolm Gladwell writes about the mystique of decoding strangers and how we can get it horribly wrong
Realistic teist: Getting a grip on the new liquidity framework
The framework now has given a realistic twist to managing liquidity. If RBI feels at any time that liquidity is getting tighter, it can go in for longer tenure repos of maybe even up to one year, which is more durable than th
Transforming Systems | Tools for a better society of Britishers in India
To begin with, one needs to redefine our goals in life to improve the world. This is necessary as a starting point and Maira narrates a different kind of fiction, where he gives examples of how some people decided to change t
Understanding the investment slowdown
The pace of growth in investment would be slow as far as the private sector is concerned. There will be pressure on the government to provide a fiscal stimulus by expanding the fiscal deficit and enabling additional investmen
Why linking deposit rate to external benchmark has to be considered
Today, while the MPC is happy that inflation is down, the income of farmers has been affected, which has affected spending. The reverse of the two can cause political upheaval.
Pivot to the future | How firms should evolve to keep up with changing trends
How companies should continuously evolve to keep up with changing trends and technology.
Will bank mergers make a difference?
From an economic point of view, the MOVE serves no immediate purpose, and could have been implemented in phases to avoid disruptions
Why transfer from RBI reserves to the Centre is a non-issue
Practically speaking, the debate over transfers from RBI’s reserves to the centre is a non-issue
Difficult to sync lending rates with repo rate
The 10-years GSec has moved down by 110 bps between August 10, 2018, and August 9, 2019, 364-days Tbill by 143 bps, 91-days Tbill by 124 bps, and call rate by 90 bps.
Financing budget expenditure through RBI surplus is novel financial engineering
The currency revaluation reserve has been more volatile—Rs 5.3-6.9 lakh crore in the last five years, with the lower end being reached in 2017 and a low of Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2010.
It’s the manager: Here’s how will offices operate in coming years
It's the Manager: This book focuses a lot on what employees want and how managers have to work to ensure that the best is gotten from employees.
HDFC 2.0 | The story of how HDFC has adapted to remain a frontrunner
The story of how HDFC Bank has adapted to remain a frontrunner
The Space Barons | Big men, big money
A compelling profile and stories of private ventures involving space travel and exploration
Sovereign bonds arrive, but will these conquer?
We do not really require forex reserves badly enough to justify such borrowings from the currency standpoint. Also, the cost factor has to be examined in greater detail before launching such issues
Silicon States | How tech firms influence politics and what it means for future
Greene refers to Silicon Valley as the Fifth Estate as it has come to replace also the media (which is referred to as the fourth estate) as the main source of information
Budget 2019: What you may have missed
Budget 2019 India: The size of the Budget is now Rs 27.86 lakh crore, compared with the Rs 27.84 lakh crore in the Interim document. There has been no change in overall budget allocation compared with the earlier one. This sh
Economic survey 2019: Focus on investment and sharpening the edges
The question really is whether these green shoots blossom or not. At present, the picture on farming does not look comfortable with a delayed monsoon. Industrial output will have to be watched and the base effect can tend to
Calls for reduction of interest rate- here are pros and cons
Interest rates have been looked at normally from the corporate lens, and hence the view is these should be lowered to spur investment.
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