Who is Kamala Harris' father Donald Harris who Trump accused of being a Marxist in the debateIn a debate, the former president Donald Trump charged Vice President Kamala Harris with Marxist views, drawing a connection between her an...
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Do lower rates hurt savers? Not quite, says RBI researchEconomic models suggest that loss of interest income is made up by a rise in demand and wages, as per views put forth at MPC meeting.
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Fixed deposit returns may not rise in near futureEconomists are embracing models that suggest that only some savers lose out but a chunk of them gain through higher economic activity. RBI ...
21 Jun, 2021, 09.05 PM IST
Infrastructure spending can help spur economic activity: KPMGThe Rs 111 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) built on Infrastructure Vision 2025 should provide a timely stimulus to the ec...
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Purpose+profit: Capitalism is getting a makeoverOrganisations are talking about a triple bottomline — financial, social and environmental results.
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Economists don't actually know how the Fed affects jobsFed talks of ongoing rate hikes. Will a tighter monetary policy choke off a labor market recovery? Probably not.
10 May, 2018, 10.11 AM IST
World Bank's chief economist Romer says macroeconomics in troubleRomer agrees that economic models don't dictate to the top Fed policy makers; but he thinks they still wield undue influence, especially am...
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Why we need to talk about moneyFrom financial education to social transparency to personal psychology—money talk helps.
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- State-Led Investment
A confident govt recognises that biz sector might “talk” about tax but “walks” to where new technological & mkt opportunities are — and tha...
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- Economic Survey 2012: How Kaushik Basu jazzed up the survey
The Economic Survey has never been on the must-grab list of design aficionados, although Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu has taken baby...
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- Think inflation targeting, put rumours to rest: Kaushik Basu
In a recent paper presented at the Indian Statistical Institute, chief economic advisor to the government Kaushik Basu has deliberated on t...
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- Goldman model evokes ancient Egypt's blood-sucking leeches
Economists have been debating the pros and cons of fiscal stimulus since the 1930s, when John Maynard Keynes diagnosed the problem as one o...
04 Mar, 2011, 01.41 AM IST
- No need for haste in withdrawal of stimulus, says Montek
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that the decision to unwind the stimulus measures of the past year woul...
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- How long will the meltdown last?
Substituting the dollar with an international currency is likely to transform the global eco architecture, the way the fall of the Berlin W...
05 Feb, 2009, 12.21 AM IST
- Don't bank on tax cuts: Nobel laureate Phelps
But economics is not evidence-based in selecting its theoretical paradigms. Economic policy initiatives are often taken without all the emp...
11 Oct, 2006, 01.26 AM IST
- Why Prescott, Kydland won the Nobel
The duo has been awarded for their research work on economic policy making and business cycles.
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- Understanding Keynesianism
Keynesianism is a catchall phrase for economics that is supposed to reflect the ideas of John Maynard Keynes (pronounced to rhyme with 'rai...
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