Union Budget 2023: Key Highlights
On 1st February, 2023, the Honourable Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget. This budget has carried forward the Govt’s focus on: 1) Bottom end of pyramid with free… Read more »
Tag Archives: economy
Uncle Sam: Is USA catching a cold?
The US China Trade war has had a huge lingering impact on markets over the past 18 months or so. With “Phase 1” of a deal now complete late last… 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 »
Chinese Trade – Turning Value Conscious or commodity trade?
There is a weakness in Chinese economy which has compounded due to the weak-yen in Japan. Chinese policymakers will not let the global weak demand have an impact on the… Read more »
China Protectionist Barriers and impact on global trade
The decade beginning 1990s to early 2000’s, is generally identified in global economic history as one during which global trade was at its zenith, led by China opening up its… Read more »