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The treacherous labour statistics

Employment did not exp­and to absorb the unemplo­yed in January. On the contr­ary, it shrank by 3.3 million

LIC disinvestment: Right and wrong

The central government is disinvesting 5 per cent of the shares of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

The inflation dilemma

Markets are in for a very bumpy ride if inflation is truly breaking out

India's banking story still evolving

Banks have started seeing signs of growth in credit. Retail loans still remain the growth driver but money has also started flowing to the corporate sector

Nothing to sell but dreams

Today's key crypto-related regulatory questions reveal how it is not fulfilling its promised potential

Price discovery in the times of NARCL

NARCL has a competitive advantage over private asset reconstruction companies, because it comes with deep pockets and a government guarantee

As Fed hikes rates, will markets rally?

When growth is slowing but the Fed continues to hike interest rates or refuses to cut them, stocks will fall

Insurer can't change policy terms unilaterally

The National Commission pointed out that when a change in policy terms is made without a fresh proposal, the insurer must get the insured's consent

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A change of course on privatisation

The modest targets reflect a welcome embrace of pragmatism in the govt's economic policy

The limits of compassionate capital

It took about 13 years for someone to figure out that the profits Mr Naqvi promised weren't forthcoming

Budget 2022: Some musings

The worrisome issue of fiscal consolidation remains a major concern

Charaiveti: An academic's journey-14

Both Kalpana and I saw quite a bit of two young faculty members: Geoff Harcourt (the friendly Australian) and Ajit Singh, an astute Marxist academic

MPC will pave way for faster policy normalisation

As the MPC signals normalisation, a key challenge for the RBI would be to ensure that even as sovereign yields rise, the move is orderly

When founders need an 'Asoka moment'

Big tech has progressed humanity's most noble pursuits but has to grapple with destructive empathy deficit

Different strokes in transparency

More clarity on Customs duty changes could have made the Budget more transparent

Voter lists and marketing research

Voter Lists were available for a small fee those days and all good market research agencies sourced these lists to create a sampling frame

It's time to formalise the normalisation process: Part 1

Inflation may not be as transitory as has been estimated since rising demand will add to the supply bottlenecks

It's time to formalise the normalisation process: Part 2

MPC's stance should remain accommodative till growth is secured, and future actions should be data-driven. But for now, reverse repo rate should be hiked by at least 20 bps