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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicUS economy

Topic: US economy

Tariff war because of economic imbalances between US & China—SBI report

The SBI Fund Management report says China invests 42% of GDP & consumes 40%, while US invests 22%, but household consumption stands at 68%, showing stark differences in economic priorities.

Trump’s remittance tax is unjust—to both Indian immigrants and US economy

India could consider countermeasures under the principle of reciprocity and tax outward remittances by US companies and foreign institutional investors that invest in Indian stock markets.

Trump only offers chaos, not clarity. A 90-day tariff pause won’t fix strategic stupidity

New Delhi’s studied silence on all things Trump shows how India’s multi-alignment has long ceased to be evenly distributed. It now exists mostly for internal political messaging.

The difference a few months can make. From a strong economic outlook, US now staring at a slowdown

In fact, the latest reading of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s nowcast of real GDP growth suggests a contraction of 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025.

Net FDI sinks to 12-yr low in April-October 2024, dragged down by money flowing out in record amounts

While gross FDI flows have stagnated over past few years, repatriation & disinvestment by foreign firms has surged. Indian companies, too, are investing much more abroad.

Why RBI’s hoarding of forex reserves over currency concerns will be counter-productive

RBI’s dollar reserves now stand at $608 billion, making India the fifth-largest reserve holding country in the world.

China’s economy set to overtake the US by 2028, says report

In its World Economic League Table, the Centre for Economics and Business Research expects India to move up the rankings to become the No. 3 economy at the end of the decade.

Airlines, cannabis, insurance, Hollywood — What’s ahead under Biden, industry by industry

Here’s a breakdown of how a Biden presidency may affect some two dozen US industries and what might rise to the top of his agenda as he takes over from Donald Trump in January.

Trump vs Biden? 5 key issues on which Americans will vote for next President

There's less than week to go before 3 November US Presidential election, and these five issues stand out as important, all of which were discussed in the first and final presidential debates.

These are the world’s most miserable and least miserable economies of 2020

The Bloomberg’s Misery Index tallied inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies. Almost all the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.