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  • April 29, 2021, 11:31 PM IST

    By WILLIAM GOETZMANN Stocks captivated the American imagination in the 1920s in a fundamentally different manner from the British investor movement of the Victorian era.… The Foreign and Colonial Government Trust was fashioned to capture…

    April 29, 2021, 11:31 PM IST

  • February 25, 2021, 11:15 PM IST

    In his address to the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Shaktikanta Das expressed confidence that the economy is poised for a take-off, and that the central bank would support the recovery process, while maintaining…

    February 25, 2021, 11:15 PM IST

  • January 20, 2021, 12:50 AM IST

    If the big change induced by the pandemic is work-from-home in office work, on the shopfloor, it is automation. The number of robots in use will, by the end of 2021, have doubled from the…

    January 20, 2021, 12:50 AM IST

  • Parsimonious and select pockets based industrial growth of India

    January 15, 2021, 1:27 PM IST

    In this study let us analyze the industrial production of India during 2012 and 2020 by calculating the particular industry’s average annual growth and contribution to growth. We have also done similar analysis of use…

    January 15, 2021, 1:27 PM IST

  • January 13, 2021, 12:02 AM IST

    The latest Financial Stability Report put out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does aver that the worst is behind us, in its appraisal of the pandemic’s impact, but adds that recovery path remains…

    January 13, 2021, 12:02 AM IST

  • January 5, 2021, 11:16 PM IST

    Big-ticket foreign portfolio investors (FPI) are reportedly miffed with underhand ‘block-deals’ on India bourses, and have been filing complaints with markets regulator Sebi. The allegation is that domestic brokerages, and also institutional investors in the…

    January 5, 2021, 11:16 PM IST

  • December 15, 2020, 12:40 AM IST

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das is spot on when he says premature withdrawal of liquidity would hurt growth. After all, economic recovery is still fragile and not yet broad-based. The way forward…

    December 15, 2020, 12:40 AM IST

  • NPAs: Cleaner of banks or killer of Indian economy?

    December 12, 2020, 7:08 PM IST

    NPAs, the abbreviated term, popularly used for ‘Non-Performing Assets’ among Banks and borrowers is turning out to be a draconian provision for the entire business community. The Bankers are equally petrified of this application, as…

    December 12, 2020, 7:08 PM IST

  • The great Indian Covid vaccine challenge is ahead. Let’s start planning for it

    December 6, 2020, 5:00 AM IST

    In the coming few months, India will witness a great event in its history — the great Covid vaccination exercise. Corona vaccination is one of the most anticipated events in every country. India is no…

    December 6, 2020, 5:00 AM IST

  • GDP: The economy remains in a bad shape even if the contraction is smaller than expected

    November 27, 2020, 6:45 PM IST

    The July-September quarter gross domestic product of India was Rs 33.14 lakh crore, lower by 7.5% in relation to the previous year. India has for the first time recorded a technical recession, that is, the…

    November 27, 2020, 6:45 PM IST

  • Towards a creative economy

    November 26, 2020, 10:25 PM IST

    Creativity blooms during periods of extreme turbulence. One such example is the “Doing Business” index, which was initiated in 2003, in the aftermath of the dotcom boom-bust of 2000-2004.  Back then, state led development had…

    November 26, 2020, 10:25 PM IST

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