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 »
inflation, RBI, repo rate, interest rate

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 »
inequality and poverty in india

Rural distress: MGNREGA, PLFS numbers spell trouble

While rising employment rate is considered a good sign, most of the gains are from women and children joining the workforce to support families amid a rural distress. Read more »
BRICS expansion

Explained: BRICS reserve currency plan faces heavy odds

BRICS nations had initiated talks to create a reserve currency earlier also, but the move fizzled out due to more pressing national and international matters. Read more »
rupee

RBI raises repo rate by 50 bps on global cues, inflation fears

Through the repo rate hike, the RBI monetary policy committee has tried to tackle global headwinds and runaway inflation at home. Read more »
Chinese economy

Chinese economy: Experts see growth engine cranking up soon

Chinese economy is one of the growth engines of the world and even a temporary decline will have disastrous consequences for the global economy. Read more »