BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Having your cake and eating it too
Economic development depends on capital accumulation, and wealth redistribution would fritter away the surplus needed for investment and growth
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Smug markets are sitting ducks
The high valuation and sizzling oil prices make Indian stocks vulnerable to shocks, but domestic funds inflows have been a saviour so far
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Horses for courses
While growth is picking up worldwide at the moment, the medium term outlook is far from rosy, says the IMF
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | An elephant called Inflation
Here are the details about how the Mad Pachyderm Committee (MPC) fought against the elephant Inflation, the weapons they used, and the epic poems about the heroic battle
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The very long view
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva's recent speech at Cambridge echoes Keynes' essay of 1930. Both share the spirit of hope and optimism, which is also the message of Easter
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Roaring Twenties?
With Fed chair Powell signalling that he's comfortable with inflation being high for longer, a global rate cutting cycle is about to begin, and the markets are celebrating
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Bubble trouble in Wonderland
Are we looking at a “risk reset’’? What’s so different this time? The upheaval in midcaps and smallcaps comes as a stark reminder for investors
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Saint Powell and the inflation dragon
While the markets reach all time highs, the Bank for International Settlements warns that the last mile on disinflation is a difficult trek
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: India’s coming-out party
The third quarter’s GDP growth of 8.4 percent was far beyond expectations, as was the estimate of 7.6 percent growth for the full year 2023-24.
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Dragons, AI, global economy, and markets
Markets across the world are soaring, thanks to growth firming up and inflation dissipating. But much depends on how China does in the Year of the Dragon
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Forty-two and other numbers
What the numbers say about the Indian economy, markets, Life, the Universe and Everything
BUDGET
20 wacky allegedly instant reactions to Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget
Enjoy a satirical take on the reactions to the Interim Budget with a team of shady journalists who travelled far and wide to bring you responses to FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcements
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The Budget must set the stage for strong long-term growth
The government must resist the temptation to be populist in the forthcoming Budget and instead ensure capex-led growth funded by privatisation
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Great Expectations
The markets are pricing in a soft landing, rate cuts, the end of liquidity tightening, low inflation, no impact of geopolitics, no impact of climate change, no impact of trade wars and de-globalisation
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | In the long run we are all dead, but the markets will be up
In the long run, inequality is a big factor in driving stock prices up
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: The Gremlin Boogie hangover
The year 2024 began on a party mode as Powell-led US Fed hinted at a dovish stance.
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Heroic forecasts for 2024
A tongue-firmly-in-cheek account of what could happen in 2024
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: A Modern Christmas Carol
Jay Powell meets the ghosts of markets past, present and future
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Jerome Powell and the Wizard of Oz
If Powell succeeds in steering the US economy to a soft landing, it will be a remarkable achievement, and history will know him as the Wizard of the Fed
BUSINESS
Core retail inflation continues to fall in November. That’s a comfort for RBI
The recent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee had pointed out that core disinflation is steady, but headline inflation remains volatile due to recurrent food price shocks
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: The Wealth Effect
The Finance Ministry monthly economic review says increasing exposure of retail investors to mutual funds and equities has resulted in a wealth effect, supporting consumption
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Crystal ball gazing
It's that time of the year when economists and market strategists start making their forecasts for the year ahead
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Powell’s present
Back home, the PMI data show that while growth is robust, it is decelerating
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: The Mighty Bulls
The bulls are a courageous lot. Probably, that explains why the stock market is holding up despite the flow of adverse news
