It is just two years and some months back that crude prices crossed the $40 per barrel (/bbl) mark. A…
NON-food credit off-take has boomed, growing by 33% and 32% in 2004-05 and 2005-06. And there was some increase in…
All asset markets continue to be on a roller-coaster ride, not just our very own equity markets. Badly spooked markets…
Prices rise when demand gets ahead of supply. In the real world, this happens mostly when there is some kind…
Rising retail prices of wheat, sugar and vegetables have promoted inflation to centre-stage once again. The government has sought to…
IT has been very nervous times these past 30-odd days. As asset prices continue to tumble across the world, eroding…
Over the past two weeks, this column has dealt with major aspects of the less than invisible hand that has…
In the past few months, food prices have been rising quite sharply. The WPI index for primary food was rising…
Last fortnight this column sought to deconstruct what the policy prescription might be to fix the great imbalance?the US current…
On April 21, 2006 in the run-up to the IMF meeting, finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-7…
The fact on the ground is that India and China are growing fast and this growth consumes resources at a…
Budget 2006 is firmly on the track of fiscal consolidation. The FM promises not to be tempted to ?stray?. The…
Some weeks back, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) released detailed national income statistics with the new base year of 1999-2000.…
The last 20 months or so has been choppy for those businesses which trade in interest bearing products?bank deposits, loans,…
The end of the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA) and associated quotas is a year past and it is time to…
The most remarkable thing about 2005 has been how most expectations have materialised and the few odd surprises have overwhelmingly…
Sometimes it is not easy for many of us who live in the woods of today?s India to see how…
This new paper of Panagariya is mainly directed to evaluating alternative interpretations of the growth outcomes in India from policy…
