Tom Cruise fuels new romance buzz after jetting into London with Ben Affleck’s former flame, is Hollywood’s new power couple forming?Despite rumors fueled by helicopter rides and a Valentine's Day dinner, Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas are reportedly not dating. Sources indi...
15 Apr, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
Keep hungry credit market well-FedRBI is addressing the money market's liquidity needs by implementing open market operations and currency swaps to stabilize the rupee and e...
09 Mar, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
The CRR cut now may deliver more than lower ratesThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unexpectedly cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points to inject ₹1.16 lakh crore into the bankin...
07 Dec, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
More nations pledge weapons for UkraineThe packages announced in a joint statement include 600 Brimstone missiles (the UK); 19 French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzers (Denmar...
20 Jan, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
UK to send helicopters to Ukraine for 'first' timeTen crews of Ukrainian service personnel and engineers underwent a six-week training programme in the UK, as part of the "first helicopter ...
23 Nov, 2022, 07.51 PM IST
There is room for more rate cut but core inflation is still high: Nilesh ShahIt is only the headline inflation which has come down and there is no room for complacency, says Shah.
08 Feb, 2019, 01.29 PM IST
Conservative Fed adopted a more unconventional standAs the crisis magnified and spread to the rest of the world, many central banks in advanced markets borrowed the quantitative easing templa...
10 Sep, 2018, 10.06 AM IST
More and more investors think central banks and governments will bring out the chopperNearly one-third of clients and colleagues surveyed by Citigroup Inc. think that so-called helicopter money could be on its way within a fo...
19 Jul, 2016, 06.55 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan questions 'helicopter money'; says people may not spendSo far a hypothetical monetary policy, it is being debated to spur spending and boost economic growth in times of near-zero interest rates.
08 May, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
Helicopter money takes flight as latest drastic monetary ideaEconomists at Citigroup , HSBC Holdings and Commerzbank AG published reports to investors on the topic in the past two weeks.
25 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Ben Bernanke rejects Rajan's charge on quantitative easing impactBernanke asserted the need for central bankers to remain clear and transparent in policy making. Highlighting the pre-requisite of an indep...
16 Apr, 2014, 11.29 AM IST
Cowry Shells to Helicopter BenIn a true liquidity trap, neither conventional nor unconventional monetary policy works, as transmission channels break down.
30 Mar, 2010, 05.45 AM IST
- Bernanke may have saved the world
The causes of last year’s financial upheaval remain hotly debated, but many analysts say a swift and massive response by US authorities may...
07 Sep, 2009, 01.14 AM IST
- Did Bernanke save US from another Great Depression?
Yet Bernanke does not escape his share of blame for the crisis as a Fed gov under then-chairman Alan Greenspan. Top banking stocks I Ben Be...
06 Sep, 2009, 08.10 PM IST
- Bernanke's playbook hints at Fed's next moves
When inflation is already low and the fundamentals of the economy suddenly deteriorate, the central bank should act more pre-emptively and ...
14 Mar, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Fed cuts, BoE U-turn show limits of independence
Anyone who regards the Fed Reserve, the BoE and the ECB as independent and insightful has had their confidence shaken by the recent events.
22 Sep, 2007, 01.57 AM IST
- India largest buyer of Israeli arms
Buoyed by Indian defence procurement worth $1.5 billion, the Israeli defence industries have recorded all-time high sales figures in 2006.
03 Jan, 2007, 03.31 AM IST