Page 2 - Economics

Former US Fed chair Bernanke, two others win Nobel Prize in Economics

The trio was awarded for research into banking and financial crises

Rural tourism to be based on culture, economic characteristics in Rajasthan

The government proposes to develop tourist accommodation facilities including home stay, drinking water, safety, internet connectivity, and caravan parks in partnership with private players.

Can NITI Aayogs replace State Planning Boards to spur economic growth?

Experts believe merely replacing the state planning boards with such bodies won't make them effective

Indians optimistic on growth outlook amid high inflation: EY study

They are shifting to new brands in search for value, says multi-nation survey

Noted agricultural economist, former CACP chief Abhijit Sen passes away

He had deep knowledge and understanding of India's rural economy, says NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand

A remarkable teacher: Remembering D-School's Elizabeth Krishna

Elizabeth Krishna worked at the Delhi School of Economics for about a decade and a half from the mid-1960s to late 1970s as a tutor, or teaching assistant

Saudi Aramco profit surges to another record on bumper oil market

Saudi Aramco posted the biggest quarterly adjusted profit of any listed company globally driven by high crude prices and production

London or Londongrad? What makes the UK a hub for global 'dirty money'

According to reports, the 'questionable funds' in the UK amount to over $125 billion every year. What makes London a hub for money laundering? Find out here

Govt releases Natural Resource Accounting to track mineral, energy deposits

The asset accounts would help identify alternate economic and energy-based resources, and aid in developing an ecosystem for containing illegal mining

Temasek bullish on Indian start-ups, renew energy despite slowdown overseas

Top executives of Temasek, which has doubled its India portfolio in the past five years to $16 billion, said the fund made several successful exits from India in FY 22

Securitisation volumes jump 70% to Rs 35,000 cr in Q1: CRISIL report

The Reserve Bank of India defines securitisation as transactions where credit risks in assets are redistributed by repackaging them into tradable securities

G20 has a Russia-Ukraine problem as India takes up presidency next year

The war has cleaved the group, stalling much of the preparatory work on more substantive issues

Asian Paints sees scope to reinvent amid continuing global uncertainties

Chairman Deepak Satwalekar tells investors at AGM that the firm's network penetration and brand strength saw its decorative business deliver 31% growth by volume and 36% by value in FY22

How rupee shrugged off the fragile tag and outperformed despite shocks

The domestic currency has fared better than many of its emerging market peers

Politics & economics: A strange role reversal

Politics had assumed growth to be the autonomous variable which happened on its own but distribution to be in need of state intervention

Overcoming the paucity of tools with RBI

The proposed policy regime may seem a bit strange to some readers

Axel Leijonhufvud, RIP

Was Leijonhufvud being unfair? After all, economists have reinvented economics many times in the last 200 years

Japan PM visits Thailand to discuss bilateral relations, Myanmar crisis

Japanese officials have said Kishida would also discuss a possible Reciprocal Access Agreement with Thailand, aimed at deepening their defense cooperation

Economic fallout of war in Ukraine expected to negatively impact India: IMF

The global economic fallout of the war in Ukraine is expected to negatively impact India's economy, while the immediate impact of the conflict on China is likely to be relatively small, the IMF said

Charaiveti: An academic's journey-14

Both Kalpana and I saw quite a bit of two young faculty members: Geoff Harcourt (the friendly Australian) and Ajit Singh, an astute Marxist academic