chinese economy under Xi

Xi Jinping consolidates control, but slowing Chinese economy poses challenge

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 »
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS, EODB

Push to gig economy can solve India’s jobless growth riddle

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 »
FOOD GRAIN, WHEAT EXPORTS, WHEAT, FOOD

Amid hunger index row, concerns over plummeting foodgrain stocks

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 »
October 2023 global trade report by WTO

‘Inflation threat overstated; India will grow at steady pace’

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 India's CBDC

eRupee: The road ahead for India’s CBDC

eRupee will bring in efficiency, transparency and stability to India’s financial markets. Read more »
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Sticky retail inflation lands RBI in policy dilemma

Five-month high retail inflation may force RBI to continue with monetary tightening despite dismal signs on the economic growth front. Read more »
Ben Bernanke wins economics Nobel

Ben Bernanke receives economics Nobel for findings that did not help

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 »
The rupee free fall

eRupee explained: How will India’s CBDC work

eRupee is conceived as an additional form of currency that will supplement paper money, and should not be confused with cryptocurrencies. Read more »
Russia crude oil exports

Crude prices: Impact of output cut by OPEC+ on India, world

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 »
ICT skills gap in digital india

India looks to unleash its services exports potential

Enhanced digitisation and mutual recognition agreements can help India achieve its services exports targets. Read more »