BUSINESS
All that is solid melts into air
The next decade will be an age of rapid and widespread disruption
BUSINESS
Is global growth slowing while India’s growth is accelerating?
If demand is sustained and the government chips in, we could outperform the rest of the world
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Market’s Dizzy Heights
The stock prices are on the top of the world, but any slightest disappointment could trigger a sell-off
BUSINESS
Manufacturing activity lost momentum in August, shows PMI
Contrary to hopes of pent-up demand spurring consumption, output growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August
BUSINESS
Central government finances now in better shape than before the pandemic
The tax revenue figures show that some sections of society and larger companies seem to be doing better than even before the pandemic
BUSINESS
GDP in April-June 2021 still well below that of April-June 2019
Private consumption is still 88.1 per cent of what it was two years ago
BUSINESS
What to look for in the Q1 GDP numbers
RBI predicts growth in April-June 2021 will be 21.4 per cent after a contraction of 24.4 per cent in April-June 2020. That means GDP will still be lower than it was two years ago
BUSINESS
The Modi government’s courage in biting the bullet on asset monetisation deserves kudos
Those opposing asset recycling should tell us whether they prefer the alternatives: higher taxes or a higher fiscal deficit
BUSINESS
When the facts change, do central bankers change their minds?
We are all agog to know whether Jayanth Varma’s question will be answered at Jackson Hole
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Jayanth Varma’s bombshell
The MPC member, the lone dissenter at the previous policy meet in August, questions effectiveness of the accommodative stance to shore up growth
BUSINESS
RBI State of the Economy Report: The Maya of Inflation and the Leela of Growth
Inflation is transitory, as are all things, while growth will depend on our karma
BUSINESS
Did the US invasion help the Afghan economy?
Economic growth was strong initially, but as aid dwindled and foreign troops left, the economy stalled. With the US gone, will it be advantage China?
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The market celebrates Independence
Equity market takes adverse news flows in its stride, expects ‘mother of all recoveries’ ahead
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The message from the RBI surveys
Economy is healing from the brutal second wave, but it’s a long way to go
INDIA
The mystery of the falling unemployment rate in the midst of a pandemic
What exactly is the point of counting a person as employed if he has worked for just an hour in the preceding week?
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The East is Red Again
The market carnage spread from China’s e-commerce and fintech bigwigs such as Alibaba and Tencent to edtech companies and then to the property sector
BUSINESS
Hijacked by capital: Why China is cracking down on its Internet companies
The principal contradiction is the one between capitalism and the market on the one hand and Chinese state control on the other
BUSINESS
July Flash PMIs: Supply disruption is behind both inflation and growth scare
Expansion continues to be robust for the US, Eurozone and the UK, but momentum is slowing
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Where are you on India’s wealth ladder?
The top 5 percent of Indians own more wealth than the other 95 percent put together, according to Credit Suisse
SCIENCE
Book Review | Those magnificent men who built science in newly independent India
Why did these extraordinary minds develop science in a newly created India? The book offers a perspective
BUSINESS
RBI study: The pandemic has seen big firms gaining market share
It’s part of a long-term trend in which the biggest firms have been steadily increasing their share of the pie
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Sign of the times
Huge oversubscription of Zomato IPO shows platform companies are the future, posing a threat to traditional businesses
BUSINESS
Confidence in global reflation trade dented, says RBI report
The economy is struggling to regain the momentum of recovery that had started in the second half of 2020-21, but was interrupted by the second wave
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Fire and ice
Is there a middle ground between higher inflation and deflation? Yes, there is one
