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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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