Category: Economy

Since 2008, loan waivers have almost never failed the promising political party in winning an election. By S Sivakumar Govt can use waivers where warranted, but

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history at when the clock ticked past midnight Friday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way

While accepting the Republican Party’s nomination in 2016, Donald Trump reassured party faithful about how he would rescue America from the effects of past presidents’

When India first embarked upon the path of fiscal responsibility through the FRBM Act, a 3% fiscal deficit target was set for FY09. It speaks

Election-season temptations for populist spending pose a challenge to the economy The first advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2018-19 released by

In my previous column (FE, December 24, 2018; https://goo.gl/Q8DX1Q), I discussed an important document, “An Economic Strategy for India,” produced by 13 economists with wide-ranging

British economist and MP calls on tax payers to stand up against non-payment of loans Farm loan waiver is “the worst thing to do” and

Trump’s thinking on putting “America First” has two components. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) In his outburst ridiculing the role of US friends and partners in Afghanistan last

Whether 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections of upper caste is a mere poll gimmick or not will depend on whether the

Mumbai-based data firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said December 2018 unemployment, at 7.4%, was the highest in 27 months. Through January to December

Instead of blaming the central bank at every opportunity for its poor stewardship of the economy, India’s finance ministry should reflect on its own record,