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Salary hike of 66%, but savings down? CA warns of silent middle-class crisis in 2026Urban professionals face a silent crisis as rising salaries fail to keep pace with escalating costs of living. Inflation in essentials like...
'Salary growing, wealth shrinking': CA explains ‘India's silent middle-class crisis’, says Rs 1.5 lakh salary is same as 10-yr-old payUrban Indian households face a 'silent crisis' as rising incomes fail to keep pace with escalating costs of living, leading to stagnant rea...
India’s growth looks strong on paper, but demand tells another storyThe recent rebasing of India's GDP has ignited a lively discussion among economists. Although official statistics indicate a boost in genui...
P Chidambaram slams Budget as 'cautious, parsimonious, forgettable'; BJP calls it aspirationalOpposition leaders slammed the budget as "cautious, parsimonious, forgettable," citing ignored economic survey suggestions and cuts to key ...
Chidambaram terms budget as cautious, forgettable; BJP praises Modi for winning taxpayers trust, more capex for infraOpposition leaders criticize the Union Budget as forgettable and lacking in key areas. They point to reduced allocations for crucial minist...
Indian-American Nikki Haley offers her 'strong endorsement' of Donald Trump in convention speechIndian-American Republican leader Nikky Haley has endorsed her former boss Donald Trump as the party's presidential candidate for the 2024 ...
What India needs to do to be a developed country by 2047GDP ranking isn’t the benchmark to focus on if the country wants to be a truly developed economy, say experts. Improvements in other econom...
Can one play the US inflation via Bangalore real estate? Neelkanth Mishra explains how“For India per se, the cyclical rebound is doing very well and we expect it will continue to pick up in the next couple of quarters….In Ind...
Donald Trump's legacy: He changed the presidency, but will it last?Trump, governing by whim and tweet, deepened the nation's racial and cultural divides and undermined faith in its institutions. His legacy:...
India’s inflation dilemma shows how post-Covid central banking is groping towards a new normalIndia’s potential rate of growth was sliding well before the pandemic, partly because interest rates were too high. The central bank target...
View: Yes, we will breach the deficit target. But demand growth can save the economyRegrettably, one sees the same importance to penny-pinching in India —of minimising additional expenditure, of containing the fiscal defici...
Economic life after Covid-19: Lessons from the Black DeathPost the Black Death, a realization that life is short, played a big role in shaping interest rates in Europe.
Have 50-60 solid gorillas in your portfolios, some will turn into King Kong: Pankaj Tibrewal, Kotak MFBottom-up stock picking will work in this market for the next 12 to 18 months.
Low inflation a self-inflicted policy woundOnce the NBFC crisis dried up the financing sources, consumption fell precipitously.
View: Universal Basic Income won't be a panacea for economiesA universal basic income financed by helicopter money may perversely increase uncertainty.
Last two decades were China’s, the next two should be India’s: Arvind Panagariya“Economic transformation means transferring a large part of farm workers to industry and services.”
Life term to Pakistan national for 'waging war' against IndiaA Pakistan national convicted for conspiring to wage war against the India has been awarded life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court.
Telangana's one year anniversary: Why innovation & investment are the buzzwords in HyderabadWhether KCR can retain Hyderabad’s lustre or Chandrababu Naidu can offer investors an attractive alternative is the multi-billion-dollar qu...
New government must follow a long and a short term plan for labourAt a recent job fair in Gwalior an unemployed kid told us, “I want Rs 4,000 in Gwalior, Rs 7,000 in Noida, Rs 8,000 in Gurgaon, Rs 9,000 in...
- Japanese inflation stuck at 10-year high
Japanese inflation stayed at a decade high in August, the government said Friday, amid signs that rising prices are becoming more entrenche...