Page 18 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Railway Budget 2015: Prabhu says 'Hey Prabhu! What to do?'

Targets to beat Lalu's performance by proposing an ambitious 88.5% operating ratio

FICCI submits suggestions to tackle black money

Incentivise cashless transactions, tax agricultural income, says the industry body

StanChart lowers FY16 inflation target; expects 75 bps rate cut

The report further said domestic inflation trajectory is expected to be 'benign' in the first half of FY16

Securitisation can provide funds for housing, infra: Moody's

Securitisation is a process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing different tiers of the repackaged instruments to investors

5 reasons Greece will be worse than the Lehman Brothers crash

Markets fear that the Greece crisis will be worse than Lehman's collapse, except this time Eurozone nations are holding the toxi debt

There is nothing new in Modi's 'Make in India' campaign

The initiative has failed so far because of the same old ideas of tax breaks or concessions rather than anything new

Reforms agenda on track; economy to witness 6.5% growth: Morgan Stanley

Financial services firm says govt policy action is helping to gradually reverse the productivity weakening policies

Why the road sector ccould see a pickup in project finance

The surface transport ministry is considering a hybrid of the BOT-toll and BOT-annuity models to finance new projects

Land Acquisition Act: Right step, wrong route

The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly.

Why the US economy's growth numbers will keep world markets buoyant

With rest of the world showing no signs of growth and headwinds ahead for US growth, chances are that we might continue to see central banks pumping money into their economies

Should RBI cut rates after sharp contraction in IIP?

Even some economists believe Governor Rajan is late in cutting rates, he has reasons to be careful

China must manage its slowdown to keep the global economy safe

If China's growth slows more sharply than anticipated, it would lead to a selloff in commodity markets and result in sharp volatility in currency markets

Instead of banking on rate-cuts, govt needs to move on policy, fisc to revive investment

Shift in RBI's policy stance will only have signalling effects until government resolves corporates' project-related issues

No cut in FY15 GDP forecasts, despite slowdown

Economists ignore downside risks posed by weak exports and higher spending cuts

'71% Indians expect first year of Modi govt to boost economy'

64% Indians expect their personal happiness will improve over the next five years, posing a concrete benchmark against which to measure the future success of Modi govt

Is the failure of Abenomics a reflection on Modinomics?

General consensus among economists is that Abenomics has failed to deliver

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan's interest rate dilemma

It would be beneficial for the economy to hold on to high interest rates till inflation numbers are under control.

October gold import bill likely at $4 billion as wedding season kicks in

At an estimated 120 tonnes, industry experts say imports are not too high, as seen by premiums that are still around $22 per ounce

Here's why the draft aviation policy is a damp squib

Though the attempt to come out with a draft policy needs to be applauded, the policy seems to be raising more questions than providing answers.

Privatising sick PSUs: who would like to buy them?

If one looks at the reasons behind the poor condition of PSUs, it boils down to poor governance