Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra may have crack the debt codeFour states have managed to reduce their debt-to-GSDP ratio, while others like Punjab and Tamil Nadu have seen sharp increases, potentially...
13 Feb, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
Trump meme coins are a disaster in waitingThe cryptocurrency community is upset with Donald Trump's multi-billion-dollar meme coin sale, citing fraud and corruption. Their concerns ...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.41 AM IST
Abandoning RBI's inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive: Research paperEconomists Barry Eichengreen and Poonam Gupta have highlighted the effectiveness of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) inflation targeting f...
20 Aug, 2024, 05.00 PM IST
The same stimulus that rich countries lean on could worsen poor economiesStimulus measures that the rich world is deploying could perversely make things worse for EMs.
02 Apr, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
Global economic coordination not happening in virus crisisWhen the global economy melted down in 2008, world leaders swiftly created an international forum to boost economies by spending more and k...
15 Mar, 2020, 10.21 PM IST
Donald Trump is probably to blame for a weak dollarLast year, the US dollar lost 10 per cent against the euro and 5.5 per cent against the renminbi.
07 Jan, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
A slow-growing world economy exaggerates the might of rupeeBased on the 36-currency REER on a trade weights basis, the Indian currency is overvalued 16.39% in February 2017, higher than the 9.90% ov...
11 Apr, 2017, 08.53 AM IST
Fed hikes wouldn't be highly disruptive to capital flows: Barry EichengreenIndia had a fascinating experiment with demonetisation. It was an attempt to bring the dark money to the surface and increase tax complianc...
29 Mar, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
India needs to be concerned about its short-term debt, warns former IMF advisor Barry EichengreenIndia has been prudent in moving gradually and incrementally when liberalizing the capital account in the course of the last 25 years, said...
28 Mar, 2017, 07.46 AM IST
Eight economics books to buy this ChristmasIf you are not sure what to buy for the finance and economics nerd in your life, look no further. Here's a list you can choose from.
15 Dec, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
Sensex falls 855 points on Greek woes, margin calls and crude oil crashStocks plunged as overseas portfolio investors were in no mood to buy the story that the Indian economy will be the biggest beneficiary of ...
07 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Worried by global jitters, what are foreign investors thinking about India?These investors dread another Lehman-like situation as there is considerable froth in emerging market equity valuations including India’s
06 Jan, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Can services-led growth continue?There is a mystery within a mystery: a big chunk of services growth has come from traditional services not targeted by reforms.
06 Jul, 2011, 07.42 AM IST
- Greece is not going to benefit by leaving Europe: V Anantha Nageswaran
V Anantha Nageswaran, Head-Investment Research, Bank Julius Baer, in a chat with ET Now talks about Greek crisis.
06 May, 2010, 12.21 PM IST
- Greece is not going to benefit by leaving Europe: V Anantha Nageswaran
V Anantha Nageswaran, Head-Investment Research, Bank Julius Baer, in a chat with ET Now talks about Greek crisis.
06 May, 2010, 12.21 PM IST
- Greece accepts terms of EU-led bailout
We are all being called to make a choice. It is between fleshing out a very ambitious and difficult 3-year programme of fiscal consolidatio...
03 May, 2010, 03.07 AM IST
Davos debate: Meet too big to fail as bankers on backfootFinanciers will cede the spotlight to government officials, regulators and central bankers at this year’s annual showcase.
27 Jan, 2010, 02.33 AM IST