Good, bad and ugly of world economy | Number Theory

India, June 12 -- The World Bank released its flagship Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report on Tuesday. It shows that India will continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the world. This i... Read More

Global economy likely to grow 2.3% in 2025: WB

New Delhi, June 11 -- The World Bank said on Tuesday the global economy is expected to grow 2.3% in 2025, 0.4 percentage points lower than its January 2025 forecast. This is the slowest global GDP gro... Read More

Terms of Trade: Are universities as radical as they were 50 years ago?

India, June 6 -- This column was written on a day which marks 50 years of Jaiprakash Narayan's call for Sampoorn Kranti (total revolution) in Patna (June 5). While JP's clarion call in 1975 was target... Read More

Electoral gains in states, a growth-inflation balance remain highlights of NDA term so far

India, June 6 -- In 2014, Narendra Modi became the second non-Congress Prime Minister in India to assume office on the strength of his party winning a parliamentary majority of its own. The first time... Read More

For economics students at IEG, a class by Sitharaman

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More

An economics class by FM Sitharaman for students at IEG

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More

For economics students at IEG, a class by Sitharaman

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More

How consumer sentiment in rural, urban India differs | Number Theory

India, May 29 -- The Reserve Bank of India published data for its rural consumer confidence survey (R-CCS) for the first time in April 2025. R-CCS data has been published from September 2023 onwards i... Read More

TERMS OF TRADE: When the personal is political

India, May 28 -- Anybody who follows politics in Bihar will know that Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, is no stranger to controversies and i... Read More

Why are households borrowing more | Number Theory

India, May 27 -- These pages have discussed the trend of rising household credit and the headwinds it has generated for household savings in the Indian economy. While there has been a lot of alarmist ... Read More

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