
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday reiterated its concerns on inflation and a widening current account deficit in a meeting with economists a week before its annual monetary policy review, according to two economists who were there. A Reuters poll of 20 economists issued on Tuesday showed the RBI is expected to cut rates for the first time in three years to give a boost to...

02:50 AM, Apr 11, 2012

Mumbai: Economists at global rating agencies and fund houses have described the 5.1-per cent fiscal deficit target as an uphill task and devoid of clear roadmap, adding that track-record of the Finance Minister last year, coupled with still uncertain global environment, does not make the number seem tenable. They also said the deficit target will most likely overshoot by 20-40 bps to 5.3-5.5 per cent, as the projected revenue increase...

11:01 AM, Mar 18, 2012

London: An anorexic under doctor's orders to put on weight might fret unnecessarily about getting fat one day. Today's generally subdued inflation prompts similar worries. Surely the extraordinary steps central banks are taking to jump start growth will eventually push prices sharply higher, inflating away the debts hobbling the global economy? To monetarists wedded to Milton Friedman's mantra that inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, the bloated balance...

11:41 AM, Aug 13, 2011

Washington: The United States will lose its top-notch AAA credit rating from at least one major rating agency, according to a Reuters poll that also found wrangling over the debt ceiling has already damaged the economy. A small majority of economists, 30 out of 53 surveyed over the past two days said the United States will lose its AAA credit rating from one of the three big ratings agencies Standard...

02:40 AM, Jul 28, 2011

The Canadian west coast city is also host to the 2010 Winter Olympics. ...

12:07 PM, Feb 12, 2010

Dreze is celebrated at the Delhi School of Economics campus. ...

01:56 PM, Dec 21, 2009

China's economy unbalanced; India's better: Economist Stephen Roach. ...

02:43 PM, Nov 05, 2009

Manmohan Singh will be sworn in as PM for the second consecutive term. ...

12:44 PM, May 22, 2009

Honoured for integrating research in international, economic geography. ...

05:17 PM, Oct 13, 2008

Bangalore: Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh admitted that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s whirlwind 20-ball 51-run knock took the game away from them and praised the Chennai Super Kings for playing like the defending champions they are, in the IPL Eliminator on Wednesday. “Obviously, we are disappointed, but [we] cannot change the result, CSK played like champions, Dhoni’s innings was the game-changer. His knock was the turning point of the match and...

06:21 PM, May 26, 2008

Johannesburg: South African captain Hashim Amla termed it as unfortunate that most of their players are busy in the Champions League but expressed confidence that new coach Gary Kirsten's non-imposing style will help the team to perform well against Australia next month. Thirteen South African players are currently playing in the Champions League in India and they will get very little time to prepare for their series against Australia which...

02:22 AM, Mar 01, 2008

Eminent politicians, industrialists, economist and young citizens discuss how Budget 2007 will impact them. ...

12:17 AM, Feb 26, 2007

India is among 54 flawed democracies, according to a democracy index devised by the Economist Intelligence Unit. ...

10:43 AM, Nov 23, 2006

Milton Friedman, the free market economist and winner of a 1976 Nobel Prize, has died, a spokeswoman for his family said. ...

03:56 PM, Nov 17, 2006