Page 8 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Explained: Why RBI's repo rate cuts are not enough to bolster GDP growth

Transmission of rate cuts by banks has been slow because any lowering of interest rate, with deposit rates unchanged, will reduce banks' net interest income spread, affecting their revenue

Best of BS Opinion: Maharashtra govt formation, tax buoyancy, and more

Opinion and analysis on telecom companies' decision to raise tariffs and the way the government is responding to slowdown.

Why delivering a big bang package of reforms is doable for Modi govt

The important thing is to signal to the market that the government is serious and ambitious.

Ayodhya verdict is cue for PM Modi to focus on fixing India's economy

The speed and energy with which the BJP's social agenda has been implemented stands in sharp contrast to the dilatory and timid approach the government has taken to structural economic reform.

RCEP: By opting out of it, India shows that now it fears the world

PM Modi's decision not to join RCEP is an admission that even the prospect of joining a massive regional trade agreement isn't incentive enough for New Delhi to launch deep economic reforms.

Stakeholders meet may give a desired push to India-Bangladesh economic ties

Assam can export about 821 products to Bangladesh that it is currently exporting to other countries

H-1B visa: Why US needs more of India's and China's best and brightest

H-1B workers contribute a lot to innovation and economic dynamism in the US.

State of the economy: How did we get here and how do we get out of it?

Former Editor, Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya joins Ankur Bhardwaj in this special podcast to talk about the Indian economy

Cyclical or structural? Decoding the nature of India's economic slowdown

A slowdown in consumption demand, decline in manufacturing, inability of the IBC to resolve cases in a time-bound manner and rising global trade tension is impacting India, analysts say

How the stressed asset problem snowballed into a tussle between RBI, govt

An exclusive excerpt from A K Bhattacharya's 'The Rise of Goliath'

Why 16 Psyche, a gaint asteroid full of gold, won't make us richer

Once those metals start hitting the market in large quantities, they're unlikely to be precious for much longer

Time to shift towards growth as fiscal policy space remains limited

With a distinct positive output gap opening up from the RBI's potential growth estimate, we believe that a consecutive third 25-bps rate cut is warranted

Two years of GST regime

During the past two years, the government has responded promptly to most representations of the trade

Explained: How a GE factory at Marhowra became a 'Make in India' flagship

In the first of the two-part series, Shine Jacob analyses how a GE factory at Marhowra became a 'Make in India' flagship

Funding woes to crowded market, why it's tough being a start-up in 2019

Funding has dried up, government initiatives are riddled with problems and the days of copycat ideas are over

Global natural gas prices drop, but policy blocking India from making gain

One of the first things the new government should do now is revisit the five-year-old formula determining the price of domestic natural gas

Protectionism won't do: India should call a truce in US trade conflict

Protecting big business in India needs to take a back seat to the very real crisis facing Indian exports, writes Mihir Sharma.

Defence modernisation budget rises just 5% each year in real terms

With customs duties imposed on defence in 2016 and GST in 2017, capex has fallen even more

Why TV manufacturers may shift out of India if import duties aren't reduced

Manufacturers now say that while the government is effectively cutting off their access to foreign imports, it hasn't been able to create a suitable supply of components in the domestic sector

Explained: Why poorer nations can't just print more money and become rich

When Zimbabwe was hit by hyperinflation, in 2008, prices rose as much as 231,000,000% in a single year