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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Topic2008 financial crisis

Topic: 2008 financial crisis

World Bank cuts global outlook as trade tumbles to decade low

World Bank forecast the world economy will expand 2.6% this year, compared with a projection of 2.9% it made in January & 3% last year.

An economist explains what happens if there’s another financial crisis

The big concern is that governments do not have the policy tools they had in 2008 to prevent a financial shock turning into a freefall.

India’s fintech sandbox is on its way but RBI’s draft guidelines can limit benefits

RBI’s framework for the regulatory sandbox proposes a number of entry barriers that seem extremely vague and subjective.

Despite big-bang reforms by Modi govt, two withdrawn bills make the glass half full

Much-needed reforms in bond market and banks were sidestepped, reducing the positives of measures like bankruptcy code and inflation targeting.

Trump attacks the World Bank by nominating an unconventional chief

Donald Trump's nominee for the post of World Bank president has been a critic of multilateral institutions.

Trump & Xi are set for a messy divorce and that can rip the global economy apart

If US & China can’t work out a managed, Cold War style separation, the legacy of 2008 may well be a hard split.

Fixing the financial system isn’t enough, it needs to be changed

Experience has taught bankers not to worry about the downside. The government bailed them out with no personal repercussions and without fundamentally changing the system.

Ten misunderstandings surrounding the 2008 financial crisis

The financial crisis of 2008 was so complex that even today many don't have a clear understanding of what went down. 

The banking sector is yet to learn from Lehman’s fall

Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a major section of the financial ecosystem has moved into the shadows where there is neither transparency nor regulation. 

The fear of another crisis like 2008 has made banking more boring

In a bid to make finance safe, we have ended up forcing developing countries to rely on their own resources or on dangerous new benefactors, such as China for funds. 

On Camera

Nepal protest shows Gen Z believes in comeuppance—not due process

This is a generation that has been made mincemeat. Whether it’s Nepal, Sri Lanka, or Bangladesh, each country’s youth has been slapped with crisis after crisis.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?