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Terms of Trade: The empire and its discontents

India, Nov. 6 -- The midterm result in the US fits the proverbial logic: 'success has many fathers but failure is an orphan'. It was the spike in the cost of living, President Donald Trump's whims and... Read More


The short and long-run economics of Trump's unraveling | Number Theory

India, Nov. 6 -- The 2026 midterm results have delivered a historic drubbing to the Republican Party and President Donald Trump. Since winning the Republican ticket for the 2016 contest, Trump faces p... Read More


The state of industry: Growth and sentiment | Number Theory

India, Oct. 30 -- This week, the government released Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data for the month of September. With this, we now have the numbers for inflation, IIP and core sector industr... Read More


Terms of Trade: Pride and Prejudice

India, Oct. 30 -- Regular readers of this column need not be scandalised. I have neither the intent nor the ability to venture into Jane Austen territory. The reference to her cult classic is intended... Read More


Les miserables: Why are the French protesting | Number Theory

India, Oct. 28 -- France has been rocked by protests, some of which mutated into large-scale arson last week. While this is not the first instance of large-scale protests or even violence in France, t... Read More


Die another day: the politics and economics of Lula da Silva | Number Theory

India, Oct. 27 -- When the results of the first round of Brazil's presidential elections were declared earlier this month, almost everyone thought it was finally curtains for Lula da Silva, the countr... Read More


Terms of Trade: The melancholy of critical cynicism

India, Oct. 23 -- (Roshan Kishore, HT's Data and Political Economy Editor, writes a weekly column on the state of the country's economy and its political fall out, and vice-versa) Published by HT Dig... Read More


A recent history of India's petroleum trade | Number Theory

India, Oct. 20 -- India imports roughly 80% of its petroleum requirements. While its imports are largely confined to crude oil and other hydrocarbons, it is also a large exporter of refined petroleum ... Read More


Terms of Trade | Why Jantar Mantar matters for India

India, Oct. 16 -- (Roshan Kishore, HT's Data and Political Economy Editor, writes a weekly column on the state of the country's economy and its political fall out, and vice-versa) Published by HT Dig... Read More


The real world complicates textbook macro stabilisation | Number Theory

India, Oct. 13 -- This year's Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford, economists at Stanford and Columbia University. A far as Economics Nobels go, this year's... Read More