No one like us

Monday 31 August '09

Indian policy-makers are in danger of taking the wrong lesson from the financial crisis

On different scales

Monday 17 August '09

Inflation has risen in recent weeks. Higher food prices are the biggest contributor to this rise. The rise in inflation raises a question on the RBI''s stance on monetary policy.

Find the side effects

Monday 10 August '09

NREGA could be better integrated with public health policy

Wait, watch the uncertainty

Monday 27 July '09

The Reserve Bank of India will announce its monetary policy this week. While there has been talk about the RBI reversing its monetary policy stance...

Set the campus free

Tuesday 2 June '09

The best universities in India are not well rated by global standards. Let''s understand why

Mind that debt

Monday 25 May '09

Pranab Mukherjee''s first task will be to prevent a fiscal crisis

Retail therapy

Monday 20 April '09

Indian multinationals are now integrating India with global financial markets

Now there are twenty

Saturday 4 April '09

After London, chances of the Great Recession becoming a Great Depression recede

How low can we sink?

Wednesday 1 April '09

Ila Patnaik explains the downward spiral of deflation and whether India will succumb

Twenty parts to a rescue

Saturday 14 March '09

The global nature of the present financial crisis has made it difficult for any single country''s policies to get it out of the crisis.

Sunlight on the ledger

Friday 20 February '09

The Central government is expected to raise more debt in the coming year than it has ever done in the past.

Give them credit

Monday 9 February '09

Our curious fear of an impartial assessment of India''s financial system

Governor''s choice

Friday 23 January '09

RBI Governor D. Subbarao will make his second credit policy announcement on Tuesday, January 27.

State of the blackboard

Tuesday 13 January '09

The Right to Education Bill effectively taxes private schools across India...

Capital ideas

Monday 5 January '09

To fight slowdown encourage NRI funds, private equity & corporate bonds

The fiscal and the meta-fiscal

Monday 8 December '08

The government has announced a big fiscal stimulus package. In addition, RBI has taken further steps to reduce interest rates and raise liquidity in the economy.

Keep the money moving

Monday 17 November '08

The NREGS is now particularly important. It can both help individuals who are experiencing bad times and generate counter-cyclical expenditures. The government should ensure a timely release of adequa...

Clear as liquid

Tuesday 4 November '08

The package announced by the RBI this weekend will go quite a way in easing rupee liquidity in the coming days.

The world is what it is

Tuesday 21 October '08

The Reserve Bank of India''s interest rate cut is among the many steps Indian policy-makers need to take to reduce the impact of the global crisis on India.

Call money rates ease

Wednesday 15 October '08

In recent weeks, companies which are short of cash have withdrawn money from mutual funds where their treasury function was often outsourced.

Global equity markets take heart as govts act in concert

Tuesday 14 October '08

European countries unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at resolving the global financial crisis.

Will the G7 plan stabilise global financial markets?

Monday 13 October '08

Last Tuesday, the UK came out with a three-part plan to resolve the global financial crisis.

Let the rupee be

Monday 13 October '08

In trying to reduce rupee volatility, RBI could trigger a financial crisis

An agenda for difficult times

Tuesday 30 September '08

The financial crisis in the United States has created ripple effects all around the world. As a result of deepened...

Hope it will float

Tuesday 9 September '08

The Indian rupee has continued to depreciate over the last few days. It is strange that even though a weak rupee...