The view from the centres of global capitalism is unsettling and so is the outlook. Structural imbalances and long-term difficulties…
This is my last column for the year and as good a time as any to take a quick look…
Economic growth ? at least of the sustainable variety ? is about raising productivity of the nation?s citizens. Which, is…
There?s considerable evidence that things are moving forward on private investment. Offtake of credit from the banking system is breaking…
Last December, in this column one had written about how interest rates changes did not always bring about textbook outcomes.…
Indians working abroad send money home to their families. For some of them their immediate families live back home ?…
India, the self-acclaimed knowledge economy, has still some way to go when it comes to securing estimates of fundamental macroeconomic…
In this column a fortnight back, we had discussed how the disappearance of the normal supply cushion that traditionally Opec…
Later this month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be issuing its mid-year review and sometime later, the finance…
This past year as crude oil soared from the high $20s to nearly $40 per barrel (/bbl), most commentators, and…
Last week, the US Fed raised its key rate by 25 basis points (bps) ? a development almost universally anticipated…
With the better part of half of the current fiscal behind us and the UPA government in office for nearly…
Not unexpectedly, inflation continues to show no signs of abating. I think last week I had mentioned that for June…
It is not for nothing that we as a nation have the feeling of being one of a kind. It…
With inflation on the forefront of the policy radar, it seemed obvious that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would…
There is the modern dictum about there being nothing like a free lunch. It?s a pretty old idea really, lying…
Inflation has become the immediate challenge for the UPA government. That was not the perception through the first three months,…
A weaker than expected monsoon, accompanied by widespread flooding, is an unwelcome augury for farm fortunes. It was obvious in…
