Weak macros appear to be hurting demand, particularly among lower income consumers in the rural and possibly urban areas
India’s record haul of 107 medals at Hangzhou 2023 is a great leap forward but Olympics are a different ball game
The big issue in the Middle East is whether the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip would be a localised affair or suck in foreign players like Iran, the Hezbollah group and even the US. Large-scale killings of innocent civilians are unlikely to end soon
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Should a Rs 13,000 crore hydroelectric power project which took two decades to build in an ecologically sensitive glacial region have been allowed to come up, critically without climate adaptation features?
There is plenty of blame to go around. Netanyahu government’s attempts to transform the judiciary have needlessly riven Israeli society and distracted the military and security services. Its hardline policies in Jerusalem and occupied territories have fueled Palestinian anger and desperation, endangering Israelis far from the settlements
The global economy isn’t about to suffer another Arab oil embargo that would triple the price of a barrel of crude. Yet, it would be a mistake to downplay the chances that the world faces higher-for-longer oil prices
Only a third of urban consumers surveyed plan to increase their spending on discretionary items during the next one year, a finding hardly conducive to consumer confidence
Stringent restrictions in Gaza and West Bank are pushing the Palestinians into the arms of militant groups like Hamas – a vicious cycle – something that is not factored in Western assessments of the situation in Palestine. The threat to Israel is not any more from the Arab neighbourhood, and not even from Iran. It is from the hapless Palestinians themselves
So far, much of the talk in the markets has been about the effect the conflict will have on oil prices. Far more important is the resurrection of the Middle East as an arena of conflict and the threat of the conflagration spreading
In recent times sustainability, technology and ethical Leadership are gaining significance in boardrooms as well as the policy corridors
The markets didn't expect the OMO announcement -- hence, the panic. If the transmission of the policy rate is to be completed, lending rates need to go up
Elevated global bond yields, dollar and crude along with no distinct visibility of the monetary easing cycle in the immediate future could cause some near-term pressure on domestic bond yields
Letting female labour force participation slip again due to the end of pandemic-era child-care aid could be risky for productivity and ultimately consumer prices
Romantic notions of the ancient Silk Route connecting China to Europe have given much currency to the Belt and Road Initiative. In similar fashion, the India-Middle-East-Europe-Economic-Corridor, if studied effectively by nonpartisan historians, can revive lost legacies of Indian civilisation including that of Greco-Roman-Indian trade, and can have a profound impact on India’s future
While the MPC has explicitly recognised the risks to growth and inflation originating from this year’s extremely uneven monsoon, global economic slowdown, elevated energy prices, etc., it has not revised at all its annual projections of GDP growth and the headline CPI inflation for India for the year FY24. This is puzzling
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In today's edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: World Cup presents exciting chance for investors, RBI wants personal loans monitored, large unlisted firms need a separate regime, India risks waning influence in its neighbourhood, and more
A tournament of this size in a country that lives and breathes cricket is leading to market chatter about sectors where a consumption-led surge could see stocks benefit
Between FY21 and FY23, the composition of secured and unsecured advances has changed during this period, with unsecured retail loans increasing from 22.9 percent to 25.2 per cent and secured loans declining from 77.1 percent to 74.8 percent
The agreements which Prachanda signed in Beijing after meeting Premier Li Qiang do not constitute any threat to Indian interests in the short run. But New Delhi has to be watchful. India's biggest concern in its neighbourhood, though, should be Bangladesh, where a general election is due in January 2024
The UPI online payment system that is familiar, fast, and free has clearly only scratched the surface of its potential. For India’s initially reluctant banks that have turned a giveaway into a catalyst for last year’s 38% revenue growth, it makes sense to not upset the status quo
Beijing's C919 single-aisle passenger jet is setting the aerospace industry abuzz having won orders for a 1000 planes just months after its first commercial flight. In the duopolistic market, China winning orders — even from domestic clients — has a cost. Each Comac plane is a lost order to Airbus or Boeing. And that pain is being felt, especially in the US
There’s money to be made and X’s new incentive structure has turned the site into a hive of so-called engagement farming — posts designed with the sole intent to elicit literally any kind of response: laughter, sadness, fear. Or the best one: hate. Hate is what truly juices the numbers
Nobody ever said that exiting quantitative easing would be easy; the real challenge has barely even begun
