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India’s economy will be hit hard by a combination of a global tariff war and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening cycle, according to a

India’s addition to the U.S. Treasury’s monitoring list for currency manipulation makes it more likely the Reserve Bank of India will give freer rein to

The US Treasury recently placed India on the watchlist on the issue of currency manipulation. Two of its three tests make no sense, but there are grounds

There are no valid grounds for the US to accuse India of being a currency manipulator By naming India as one among six countries whose

The Index of Industrial Production has notched a credible 7.1% increase in February (over the like period last year); output has been buoyant for four

India can achieve over 8 per cent growth rate in a sustained manner if it takes steps to revive investments and make exports competitive, said

After a strong 2017, the rupee appears wobbly this year. A look at the factors behind the fall and what’s in store The year 2017

The government’s borrowing cost is going up, even when the yield on gilts trends down. This is neither good for a functioning debt market nor

The party in bond markets that began with the Centre lowering the borrowing programme for the first half of 2018–19 and the RBI topping it

The RBI’s pause is in order as inflation is a heady mix of structural and cyclical factors As expected, the RBI in its first bi-monthly

But the implementation of the Centre’s ambitious scheme may be more challenging than GST or Aadhaar A nation’s development and growth is gauged by the

The steady increase in the prices of petroleum products, especially petrol and diesel, after the dismantling of the administered price mechanism has hurt citizens. The

One of the most important statements made in recent times by the government was the declaration of its intention to double farmers’ income by 2022.

A year-and-a-half after the note ban, cash circulation has returned to its peak levels despite several measures initiated by the government to increase digital transactions.

The Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) bi-monthly monetary policy announced on April 5 maintained a status quo on rates but it contains a strange contradiction. This

International prices of crude oil have been ruling firm in March 2018, close to $70 per barrel. Several factors are responsible for this buoyancy, which

The new financial year has started on a positive note, despite the protectionist measures of America and retaliation by China. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said

Orthodox fiscal and monetary policies, with their sole focus on reducing fiscal deficit by a specific percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) and maintaining inflation, were criticised

As a pre-election year, the govt may go easy on tough reforms; inflation may be a worry despite RBI’s benign view The 2018-19 fiscal year

The Constitution of India obliges the President (i.e. the central government) to appoint, every five years, a Finance Commission (Article 280). Its foremost duty is