Category: Economy

Hours after the unreleased government report showed that the unemployment rate in India had hit a 45-year high in the year 2017-18, NITI Aayog rushed

India’s official data such as that on the IIP or GDP has often been dogged with controversy, the most recent of which was the rebasing

ndia’s unemployment rate hit a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017, according to a report based on an official survey, which the government said was

Anecdotal evidence is validated by statistics: the situation on the jobs front is grim and has worsened in 2017-18, the first year for which an

The prospects for Britain’s orderly withdrawal from the European Union on March 29 have receded further, even as MPs rallied to stop a no-deal scenario. An amendment

By Craig Torres The Federal Reserve said it will be “patient” on any future interest-rate moves and signaled flexibility on the path for reducing its

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. In India, that may no longer be just a joke. Two more members of the National Statistical Commission

India’s statistical system was once a source of pride but now it’s becoming a proxy for institutional decay. The latest problem is the hollowing out

India’s official data such as that on the IIP or GDP has often been dogged with controversy, the most recent of which was the rebasing

As Mark Twain never said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you think you know for sure that

Stumbling over a ‘hard’ border Britain’s struggle to manage its exit from the EU continues to grip the headlines. There are divisions within the major

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government was the first major showdown between President Donald Trump and the Democrats after the latter took control of

Twenty years ago this month, the euro was born. For ordinary citizens, little changed until cash euros were introduced in 2002. But in January 1999, the “third