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Friday, October 10, 2025
TopicGlobal Financial Crisis

Topic: Global Financial Crisis

For the economy, Covid has been worse than WW-II and the global financial crisis

In ‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis’, Arun Kumar writes what India can learn from China and the US on its road to economic recovery.

Modi govt and RBI can learn from mistakes made during 2008 crisis, but time’s running out

Lessons from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis can help us avoid policy mistakes during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially with respect to inflation & bad loans.

Financial markets no longer know how to define ‘safe’

Bears & financial doomsday preppers were ridiculed during bull market. They haven’t been vindicated, but people’s perception of risk has been forever altered.

Nothing’s taboo for Gita Gopinath, IMF’s new chief economist & first woman in job

More than a decade since IMF failed to predict the financial crisis, Gita Gopinath plans to use “broadest lens possible” to find economic solutions.

Why Lehman’s Act 3 won’t play in emerging markets

The forces that hastened Lehman’s demise have steadied emerging markets in the last 10 years.

India is having its own mini-Lehman moment on 10th anniversary of global financial crisis

IL&FS Group is woefully short of liquidity, with about $500 million in repayments coming due & only about $27 million available.

How Bank of Baroda beat India’s worst bond-market rout in two decades

Bank of Baroda official Kamal Mahajan says it all began with a contrarian bet taken two years ago. Kamal Mahajan says he’s being asked just...

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.