The 2013 ghost returns: Will higher gold duties actually restrict imports or just fuel the grey market?India’s shock hike in gold and silver import duty to 15% has revived memories of the 2013 crisis. While the move aims to curb dollar outflo...
13 May, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
Why the RBI is weighing a rare 2013-crisis playbook to arrest rupee slide to record lows?The rupee’s slide to fresh record lows and oil above $100 has prompted the RBI to revisit crisis-era tools from 2013, including a special N...
04 May, 2026, 05.42 PM IST
India explores steps to mobilise dollar inflows as rupee slides, sources sayIndia's central bank is actively seeking methods to attract dollar inflows. This move aims to bolster foreign exchange reserves and stabili...
04 May, 2026, 01.29 PM IST
ET Awards: ‘Invest in the idea of India, by India, for India,’ say top CEOs amid West Asia conflictIndian business leaders view the West Asia conflict as a catalyst for long-delayed structural reforms, urging accelerated efforts in energy...
27 Apr, 2026, 08.31 AM IST
Rupee hits 94: Abhishek Goenka on the $30 billion unwind that could keep the currency under pressure for daysThe Reserve Bank of India's intervention to curb arbitrage trades has triggered a disorderly unwinding of bank positions, causing the rupee...
30 Mar, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Who is Karl Bushby? Meet the man walking around the world for 27 years without taking a rideKarl Bushby, a 56-year-old British adventurer, has been walking an unbroken path around the world since 1998. His 36,000-mile "Goliath Expe...
17 Jun, 2025, 10.21 PM IST
View: India’s deposit crunch has a taste of China’s pastIndia's banks are facing a deposit shortage, causing concern among bankers and policymakers. Measures like restraining money growth to comb...
03 Sep, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
View: More and more countries agree agreements with China are problematicThe Philippines is the only country to approach the UN against Chinese claims and obtain an order in its favour from the UN Convention on t...
18 Dec, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
RBI's 2013 playbook to rebuild forex reserves unlikely to workIndia's forex reserves have tumbled about $110 billion from a peak of $642 billion in September last year, and though that is largely due t...
18 Oct, 2022, 02.09 PM IST
Will the emerging market crisis eventually touch Dalal Street?The emerging market crisis follows a very familiar pattern. In times of high liquidity cycle (while the Fed is easing), the money supply is...
07 Aug, 2022, 04.06 PM IST
Inflation? not in Japan. And that could hold a warning for the USTo some extent, the situation in Japan can be explained by its continued struggles with the coronavirus, which have kept shoppers at home. ...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.45 PM IST
Overweight on pharma, utilities, automobiles, cement and metals: V SrivatsaStocks are not as cheap as in March 2020, but we see pockets of opportunities to invest at fair valuations.’
30 Jul, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
Eight months after Ghosn’s exit, Nissan remains stuck in a rutIn the 250 days since the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn for alleged financial crimes, focus has shifted to the deteriorating busin...
26 Jul, 2019, 09.15 AM IST
'InMobi in big boys club thanks to top allies'The SoftBank-backed InMobi has lined up more partnerships with enterprises and at least five mobile operators to use customer data that wil...
23 Oct, 2018, 09.19 AM IST
View: BJP led but JD(S) in pole positionWhile BJP finished as the single largest party, the irony is that Congress has won a higher vote-share – 38% to BJP’s 36.2% – which has all...
16 May, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Easier ECB norms: Are govt & RBI storing up problems for future by allowing more foreign debt?At a time of ‘global risk aversion’, when investors are fleeing to safe havens, it becomes difficult to attract equity flows to a country l...
18 Aug, 2013, 10.36 AM IST
GAAR and Vodafone issue: Investors and markets await clarity in FM's Finance BillPranab Mukherjee will use his opening remarks to soothe the frayed nerves of investors, particularly those from overseas, said two people f...
07 May, 2012, 01.32 PM IST