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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicFederal Reserve

Topic: Federal Reserve

Why higher inflation could be India’s next big worry amid worsening Covid crisis

Higher global inflation, rising commodity prices, a weaker rupee and local lockdowns could bring in higher prices.

Why it’s the Fed, and not the White House, that matters most for Asia’s economic rebound

From inside the walls of Federal Reserve Building, a massive exercise in financial stabilization provided the most important foundations for Asia’s rebound from Covid-induced slump.

Sensex plummets over 2,000 points, Nifty falls below 9,400 after Fed rate cut

Faced with an economic shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US Fed has made its second emergency rate cut in less than two weeks.

The 2020 economy should feel a lot better

The Fed's monetary policy and other catalysts, including Boeing's push to manufacturing, will help the US economy in 2020.

Suhas Palshikar on ‘Aya Ram, Gaya Ram’ politics & Ruchir Sharma on perils of easy money

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Alabama passes harshest anti-abortion law in US, effectively banning procedure

US President Donald Trump asks Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy to provide stimulus to the economy.

Oil shock puts rupee on course to beat taper-tantrum losses in 2013

Predictions that crude could return to $100 per barrel signal that things may get a lot worse for rupee in final 3 months of 2018.

Decade-low costs for dollar loans poised to rise for India Inc.

There are signs that foreign lenders are growing more selective with Indian loans, even as they cheer that the nation is moving toward cleaning up about $210 billion of non-performing assets.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.