Would be 1929 all over again: Trump says striking down tariffs would spark another ‘Great Depression’Donald Trump cautioned that overturning his reciprocal tariffs could trigger an economic collapse akin to the Great Depression. He asserted...
08 Aug, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Does Kindleberger’s Spiral predict economic depressions?In times of potential crisis, the Kindleberger Spiral illustrates America's historical role in stabilizing global finance. During the Great...
07 Apr, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
How are economic recession and depression different from each other?If you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for you. In the 4...
17 Mar, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
Everything bubble is bursting, this crash may be biggest in history: Robert KiyosakiRobert Kiyosaki warns of an impending market crash, predicting it could surpass the 1929 Great Depression. As U.S. indices decline, he advi...
12 Mar, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
Market is trying to find a balance between hope and fear: Nilesh ShahJust like 2008, smallcaps and midcaps will outperform largecaps by a large margin, says MD, Kotak AMC.
16 Apr, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
A US recession? Probably. Depression? Only if the virus is untamedIn the Great Depression for example, the United States shed 20% of its jobs over three years.
28 Mar, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
Market crash of 1929: Some facts of the economic downturnIn 1930, 12 million people were out of work, every day 12,000 people lost their jobs, 20,000 companies went bankrupt and around 23,000 peop...
22 Oct, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Greece may be even worse off than the US was during the Great DepressionWith the nonstop talk about Greece's dire financial situation, one wonders just how bad things really are. Is Greece technically in a depre...
24 Jun, 2015, 01.43 PM IST
- Slouching towards sanity
It is worth stepping back and asking: What would the world economy look like today if policymakers had acceded to the populist demand of no...
03 Nov, 2009, 03.34 AM IST
- How close did we come to the Great Depression 2.0?
What distinguishes a depression from a recession is paralysing fear of the unknown. 10 most trade-friendly economies | More on Financial cr...
08 Oct, 2009, 02.01 AM IST
- Infosys extends employees training period to deal with crisis
IT major Infosys Technologies on Thursday said it has extended the period of training for people on the "bench" to 29 weeks from the presen...
12 Feb, 2009, 01.39 PM IST
- Is war a solution to global recession?
History shows that war always follows slowdown or recession. And given the somber geo-political situation, we may well be headed in this di...
26 Dec, 2008, 06.45 PM IST
- S&P 500's decline makes decade worst ever
Even the 1930s are looking better for US stock investors after the credit crisis wiped out over six trillion dollars from equities in the p...
07 Oct, 2008, 05.30 PM IST
- Is this crisis a replay of 1929?
Watching the slipping economy and Congress’ epic debate over the unprecedented $700-billion financial bailout, it is impossible not to wond...
07 Oct, 2008, 06.31 AM IST
- The Great Crash of 1929, and lessons taming the crisis of 2008
The financial firestorm that has spread around the world from the US home loan market in the last 14 months is now widely described as the ...
16 Sep, 2008, 08.21 PM IST
- Current finance crisis less serious than 1929: Stiglitz
The crisis now gripping world financial markets should be less serious than that of 1929, Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz said today, ...
15 Sep, 2008, 09.26 PM IST
- Monetary steps not seen since 1929 Great Depression: RBI
Facing threats of a global crash, the central banks have taken "extraordinary" action on a scale not seen since the Great Depression of 192...
29 Jul, 2008, 06.24 PM IST