Nigeria has just hiked interest rates: Why it’s the wrong recipe for curbing inflation

Hike would lead to an increase in the value of the Naira through what’s called “Carry Trade”

Redundant since 2019: The 12th ministerial conference fails to revive WTO Appellate Body

Reappointment of judges to the appellate body stopped in 2017 

India’s deep economic paralysis just set in

Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.

What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?

The yield curve is a graph showing the relationship between interest rates earned on lending money for different durations

Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global …

IIM fee hike: What are the consequences

Fee hike in unregulated IIMs and the lack of it in regulated institutions elucidate a grave concern. Did the autonomy play a significant role in …

COVID-19: The world is staring at a recession — the first to be driven by a pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease and measures to contain outbreaks can shrink the global economy by 5.2%; that would be the 4th-…

Global forest product industries recover from recession

India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries

COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report

Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled

COVID-19: Global recession, unmatched in 80 yrs, currently underway, says World Bank analysis

The average developing economy is less well placed to respond to a global downturn now than before the 2009 global recession  

COVID-19: 400 mln jobs lost in Q2 2020, says ILO

Job losses up 400% in Africa, Asia since first 3 months; working hours lower than estimates

COVID-19 impact pushes India’s $5 trillion dream 3 yrs farther

Policymakers must focus equally on all 3 sectors: Agriculture, industry, services