Even as the IMF board ponders on its important decision as to who to choose between the two candidates it…
Something new is happening in the global economy for which few were prepared. We were talking four years ago about…
When it was known that Dominique Strauss-Kahn had Presidential ambitions and he was going to demit his office before the…
The move by the Reserve Bank of India yet again to raise interest rates comes as no surprise. Inflation pressures…
A week is a long time in politics. Last week, while the IMF meetings were going on, the talk was…
The issue of corruption will not go away. Not that corruption itself is news, but the serial scams and scandals…
The euro was launched at the dawn of the 21st century with great fanfare. There was hope for the new…
Japan?s economy has had a terrible shock. The loss in human terms is still being counted but people were already…
The news that China has overtaken Japan to be number 2 in the GDP ranks elicited the usual responses. People…
From Kyoto to Copenhagen and then Cancun, the pace of the negotiations on a global compact on climate change has…
Hu Jintao?s visit to the US is a watershed event. This is the definite signal that China has now levelled…
It is quite clear that the UPA-2 has lost the battle of inflation. Since around August 2009, policymakers have repeatedly…
Why is there an unanticipated upsurge in onion prices? Is that because there is genuine ?black swan? or is it…
We have all known about corruption in Indian political and business life. Many of us have had to give bribes…
Barack Obama has made his truce with the changed mood in the Congress and decided to extend the Bush tax…
Does anyone know or care about a dysfunctional Parliament’s effect on India?s reputation?
The G20 circus has become an item of the global furniture. But we now know not to expect too much…
The IMF met again last weekend and did not really get the world out of its trouble. The problem is,…
