Xi Jinping’s new team will have to grapple with a slowing Chinese economy, falling industrial output and exports, as well as crises in banking and real estate sectors. Read more »
India must uphold the interests of gig workers by bringing them under the social security net if it wants to benefit from the gig culture. Read more »
Erratic rains and unseasonal heat threaten to upset procurement plans for wheat, paddy even as foodgrain stocks with FCI plummet to a 5-year low of 511.4 lakh tonne in October. Read more »
Inflation in India is not because of fiscal or monetary profligacy, so there is no need to emulate aggressive rate hikes by the West. Read more »
eRupee will bring in efficiency, transparency and stability to India’s financial markets. Read more »
Five-month high retail inflation may force RBI to continue with monetary tightening despite dismal signs on the economic growth front. Read more »
Economics Nobel to Ben Bernanke raises a few questions as he was the main influence on Fed Chairman Greenspan who kept interest rates unusually low, leading to the 2008 crisis. Read more »
eRupee is conceived as an additional form of currency that will supplement paper money, and should not be confused with cryptocurrencies. Read more »
Though the impact of the output cut on crude supplies wouldn’t be much, there are other factors at play that would fuel a rise in global crude prices. Read more »
Enhanced digitisation and mutual recognition agreements can help India achieve its services exports targets. Read more »