Bank of England set to stay split on QE after inflation jumpEconomists expect Haldane to retain this stance when the BoE announces its latest policy decision on Thursday and are looking to see if oth...
History of medical oxygen: How the key to Covid fight once used to be a feared thingOxygen’s history in medicine begins in the 1770s, when the Swedish pharmacist Karl Scheele and the British scientist Joseph Priestly indepe...
UK economy suffers biggest drop since 1709The economy shrank 9.9 per cent last year, more than twice the figure for 2009 at the height of the global financial crisis, the Office for...
3 Indian writers join Obama's 'A Promised Land' in NYT's '100 Notable Books' list'A Burning', 'Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line' and 'A Dominant Character' feature on the list.
BoE not remotely close to any decision on negative rates: HaldaneHaldane said the key factors for the BoE to consider were the consequences of negative rates for Britain's banks and lenders.
BoE looking more urgently at negative rates, riskier assets: HaldaneAndy Haldane, refused to rule out the possibility of taking interest rates below zero.
Raghuram Rajan, Janet Yellen didn’t apply to replace Mark CarneyRajan was named second most likely to get the job in a survey by Bloomberg News.
Bank of England to keep key rate unchanged as outlook darkensOne of the 20 analysts surveyed predict a unanimous vote to keep the benchmark at 0.75%.
GST changes: That's Sanyal’s dog trying to catch the frisbeeIs Modi govt trying to rectify what went wrong with the GST? No. It seems that's how it was supposed to be, if you have heard what Sanjeev ...
Scoring the debate over adequate capital rules in post-crisis eraAsk most academics and the answer you will typically get is that banks should hold more capital than is currently required.
'World should think twice before abolishing cash'Banning cash is inherently discriminatory. It doesn't distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate uses of paper money, assuming that an...
British trio win Nobel Prize in PhysicsBritish scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday.
This 5,000-year trend in interest rates shows why Greece, China, and Puerto Rico won't cause a global recessionThe seemingly never-ending saga in Greece, the slowdown in China will not cause a global recession, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Bank of England chief economist urges against "early lift off" for ratesBank of England should steer clear of an early interest rate hike, and is as likely to cut rates as to raise them in future, its chief econ...
Kerala tourism revenues cross Rs 21,000 cr in 2012Kerala's total revenue from tourism,both direct and indirect, has touched Rs 21,125 cr in 2012 as compared to Rs 19,037 crore in 2011.
Nuts Vs StarsThank heaven for mysteries. We are talking about Dark Matter, the evidence for the existence of which is beginning to stack up if rumours f...
There's something about designer rulesIn his latest book, The Greatest Show on Earth, Richard Dawkins refers to an incident in the life of British biologist J B S Haldane when h...