Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence lead new group to tackle world's economic woesA sluggish recovery from the global financial crisis and concerns about globalization have helped fuel a rise of populist movements across ...
22 Oct, 2017, 06.54 PM IST
Why gold is less of a havenGold prices rose almost 1 per cent on Tuesday morning as part of the risk aversion triggered by yet another brazen North Korean missile lau...
31 Aug, 2017, 10.08 AM IST
Do economists cheat us by presenting opinion as facts?As Fox notes, the analysis actually rests on a conveniently biased selection of data.
02 Aug, 2017, 02.03 PM IST
Shares of a publicly traded Uber might be crashingUber is being sued by Alphabet (Google) in a high-stakes lawsuit over self-driving car technology, and the company is still suffering the f...
28 Jun, 2017, 09.31 AM IST
In a policy driven world, how long will the Trump market rally last?President Donald Trump's promise of "phenomenal" tax reform was an important contributor to last week's gains, but it was not the only one.
13 Feb, 2017, 08.22 PM IST
Sustaining Trump rally depends on Germany, China: Mohamed El-ErianEl-Erian called Trump's pledge to increase infrastructure spending “low-hanging fruit,“ noting that Obama had a similar goal but struggled ...
22 Dec, 2016, 08.24 AM IST
Booming satellite business needs India's rocketsEmerging India may seem like an unlikely competitor for Silicon Valley rocket companies. Yet since 1969, ISRO has consistently punched abov...
02 Nov, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
It's time to wean yourself from the Fed, Mr MarketThe market has been notably reluctant to accept the Fed’s efforts to lift rates but clearly the Fed can’t be accommodating forever.
22 Sep, 2016, 10.24 AM IST
Economists show higher interest rates lead to higher consumptionThe equation says that when interest rates are high, people save more and consume less -- this is the way they smooth their consumption, as...
26 Jul, 2016, 09.03 PM IST
US economy is weak though not headed for recession in 2016: Mohamed A El- ErianIn addition, China is struggling to boost a slowing economy, calm a volatile stock market and get a handle on its currency.
19 Jan, 2016, 04.56 AM IST
US jobs report could be key to Fed's rate hike timing: Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz SEThe monthly jobs report could be a swing factor for the Federal Reserve in determining whether to raise rates next month, said Mohamed El-E...
31 Aug, 2015, 10.14 AM IST
Here's why Ashoka Mody thinks that Germany, not Greece, should exit euroA German return to the deutsche mark would cause the value of the euro to fall, giving countries in Europe's periphery a boost in export-co...
18 Jul, 2015, 01.00 PM IST
Why Starbucks doesn't recycle cups?Starbucks can't provide enough cups to justify the costly recycling process. A pilot program in 2010 collected three tons of cups from 170 ...
30 May, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Pimco witnesses worst outflow at a record $105 billionInvestors pulled $19.4 billion from Pimco Total Return Fund in December, bringing redemptions in 2014 to a record $105 billion, according t...
05 Jan, 2015, 05.09 AM IST
BRIC markets appear 'disunited' to stock investorsWhile Chinese and Indian benchmark equity indexes have surged an average 40% this year, Russian and Brazilian gauges posted a mean drop of ...
31 Dec, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
What will Warren Buffett earn from $3 billion Burger King-Tim Hortons merger?If Burger King doesn't go out of business, it looks like a pretty good deal for Buffett. Except some of the optics of the deal aren't great.
27 Aug, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
Why Homo economicus might actually be an idiotThere are some evidences that rational self-interest isn’t always the best strategy. In conditions of harsh competition, Homo economicus mi...
06 Aug, 2013, 09.48 AM IST