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Why the Fed isn't done raising interest rates yet

New Delhi, March 23 -- The US Federal Reserve has raised the federal funds rate for the ninth time in a row. The target range now is 4.75-5%, an increase of 25 basis points from the previous range. Th... Read More


The Fed's money printing can be traced to the Great Gatsby curve

New Delhi, March 22 -- Around mid-April last year, the size of the US Federal Reserve's balance sheet peaked at around $8.97 trillion. In the aftermath of covid, the Fed's balance sheet size had doubl... Read More


SVB's fall is not a Lehman redux but Washington has a problem

New Delhi, March 14 -- Typically, banks fail or need to be rescued when they end up giving a lot of loans which aren't repaid. In that sense, the story of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest i... Read More


Should you buy or rent? That depends

New Delhi, March 13 -- Where were you?" he asked. "Oh, mummy ji had called," she replied. "The signal here was weak, so I stepped outside to talk to her." "An early morning call from her is never go... Read More


Economists should admit the limits of their knowledge

New Delhi, March 9 -- Joseph Schumpeter was one of the most famous economists of the first half of the 20th century. He claimed that he had three goals in life. As economist Erik Angner writes in How ... Read More


Investing lessons from the WPL

New Delhi, March 5 -- All-rounders are a rarity in Indian cricket. If one were to put it in former cricketer turned commentator Ravi Shastri's way of speaking: "They are as valuable as gold dust." Po... Read More


How to tackle the menace of 'rogue' influencers?

New Delhi, March 2 -- Mis-selling has always been an integral part of the financial services industry, from insurance agents promising that an investment in a unit-linked insurance plan will double in... Read More


Why growth fell to 4.4%, and what is the way out?

New Delhi, March 1 -- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth for October to December came in at 4.4%, falling from 6.3% during July to September. Why did GDP growth slow down in this period? It's to do w... Read More


Why GDP growth slowed and what is the way out

New Delhi, March 1 -- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth for October to December came in at 4.4%, falling from 6.3% during July to September. Why did GDP growth slow down in this period? It's to do w... Read More


RBI's 'seventh horse of the sun' is an analogy that does not work

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Analogies often make written text more readable. The regular reports put out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are usually soporific, but that's not the case with its latest iss... Read More