US China Trade Wars: What Happens Next!
The first 10 days of May 2019 have been rocky for international markets – with concerns around the US withdrawal of waivers for crude imports from Iran spiking volatility and… Read more »
Category Archives: Economy
Update on Emerging Markets: So Far So Good!
Update on Emerging Markets- In our previous blog, https://www.plindia.com/blog/is-a-money-tsunami-on-its-way-to-india/, we had mentioned the possibility of India starting to receive receiving excellent flows – and that transpired with March 2019 seeing… Read more »
Risks of an Inverted Yield Curve: All about it!
“Every U.S. recession in the past 60 years was preceded by a negative term spread, that is, an inverted yield curve. Furthermore, a negative term spread was always followed by… Read more »
RBI Maintains Status Quo; G-Sec Yields Fall to an 8-month Low
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its fifth bi-monthly policy review kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. All six monetary policy members voted for a status quo,… Read more »
Whats Keeping Food Prices Low- Demand or Supply?
In an economy which was battling food inflation in double digits until a few years ago, demand was outpacing supply which was leading to very high prices of agricultural commodities…. Read more »
Brexit : Dial B for Chaos!
In what has been a one of the most turbulent days in British political history since the fall of Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s, – it’s time we take notice… Read more »
US Mid Term Elections: November 6 is Here!
Why are the US mid-term elections and why are they relevant to us in India? The reason goes deep and given that it is about the world’s most powerful nation,… Read more »
US DOLLAR: A Precipice OR Relapse!
Our earlier blog ( https://www.plindia.com/blog/where-is-the-rupee-headed ) had stated that USD INR 74 or so was likely before the year end, based on REER calculations. However, are we now playing at the fringes… Read more »
The world’s most important number- Retiring Soon!
After a recent scandal running into billions of dollars, and featuring a mathematically oriented British banker who is now lodged in Jail, the world has decided to give up on… Read more »
Where is the Rupee Headed?
The Rupee fell to a new 5-year low against the US dollar on July 2 at shedding as much as 17 paise vs US dollar to a new 5-year low… Read more »