The PLFS survey shows that while the unemployment rate has improved, there has also been a rise in the proportion of unpaid helpers in household enterprises. The increase in the proportion of such workers, the higher proportion of workers in agriculture and the higher proportion in the informal sector may have reduced the unemployment rate, but it may also be a symptom of disguised unemployment
There is a need for a multi-disciplinary expert committee to review all projects before the implementation stage. The attempt should be to minimise damage to life and property
There are at least two million people in Gaza — most of them civilians — but the West only sees Hamas
Thanks to the perseverance of the Nobel-winning Harvard economist, the female half of the population is no longer seen as irrelevant to the macroeconomy
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: China’s real estate woes, India will overtake Japan and Germany by 2027, cotton textile stocks likely to improve in FY2024, rural wage stagnates but private consumption grew, and more
Convergence between rich and poor countries is stalling and more challenges lie ahead
Defaults by the top two real estate developers to falling property sales to defaulting Trust product issuers provide a glimpse of the issues facing the Chinese real estate sector. The broader fix for the crisis can only be from the government
Being a planned upgrade-driven implosion, the process can open the floodgates to the safe redevelopment of old or outdated commercial or residential real estate in crowded areas of cities. It also takes away the sting of court-imposed orders which have triggered earlier implosions
In the first five months of the fiscal year, India's mobile exports almost doubled to $5.5 billion or about Rs 45,700 crore. Apple accounted for nearly half of the total mobile phones exported from India.
Indian shareholders can relate to the modus operandi of these Chinese companies, which was similar to Indian companies' - massive expansions and acquisitions on borrowed money and unrelated diversification when the times were good. The only difference is the massive size of the Chinese real estate companies.
Surprisingly, the IMF projects a very modest rise in investment and savings as a percentage of GDP over the next few years
If electric vehicles are incentivised, long-run demand for palm oil (and the incentive to clear more land) will shrink. Europe’s mistake in dealing with palm oil has been the same one that prohibitionists have always made: Attempting to limit supplies, when demand is the real source of the problem
Even revenues of domestic readymade garment (RMG) makers are likely to improve in FY2024 and FY2025 compared to the last two years
Does the consumption of rural labourers really matter? Or can the economy do perfectly well even without them?
US-China trade surged to a record last year, in defiance of all the learned writings about decoupling. The most global of markets, that of currency trading, has swollen to an eye-popping $7.5 trillion a day. Tariffs are causing some decoupling between the US and China, but not a rupturing of dependence on the latter
The gap between deposit and credit growth will be reflected in compression of net interest margins and slowing of growth in net interest income of banks in the July-September quarter
For now, the market — thanks to smuggled Iranian and Russian barrels, plus strong production growth from the US shale, Brazil and elsewhere — doesn’t need extra Saudi oil. But a crackdown on Iranian shipments would allow Saudi Arabia to pump more without sacrificing the other red line: high prices
While the Indian economy will overtake both Japan and Germany by 2027, its per capita GDP in that year will only be 9.1 percent of Japan’s and 5.7 percent of Germany’s
The recent shift by the Middle East prioritising geoeconomics over the Palestinian issue could suffer a setback. The crisis ignited by Hamas highlights that the gap between top-heavy policy decisions and groundswell public opinions, movements, and crisis points need to be addressed by regional powers to ensure long-term sustainability of economic cooperation programmes
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: China sitting on a ticking time bomb, TCS's shareholder payout sees a meteoric rise, investors need to keep an eye on Iran, Hamas attack adds to Middle East conflict, and more
When companies engage in greenwashing by misleadingly presenting themselves as environmentally friendly or socially responsible, they undermine the very essence of ESG. This deceit erodes trust among investors, consumers, and stakeholders, sowing scepticism about the authenticity of corporate commitments
BJP is redoubling its efforts to mobilise non-dominant OBCs following the Bihar caste census findings. It also believes that upper castes are getting polarised in its favour due to the opposition’s national caste census demand, and won’t mind a greater share of tickets to EBC groups
COVID, the Ukraine war and climate chaos make for anxious reading, so maybe it’s time to go back to numbers
There’s no better time to recognise an economist whose research should inform our thinking on flexibility and couple equity
The first solo female recipient of the economics prize has blazed a trail by identifying the obstacles to gender equality — and how to overcome them
