Indian sugarcane fields could yield a flex-fuel bonanza
Brazil’s example shows what we could achieve in our effort to reduce carbon emissions for the planet’s sake
Higher rates, weaker rupee can restore India’s trade balance
The country’s widening current account deficit reflects a fall in savings but higher policy rates and a weaker rupee can help
Sunak could give the UK no-fairy-tales leadership
As the political convulsions that made Rishi Sunak its PM are traceable to Brexit dissonance, he should play myth popper not just on London’s fiscal policy but on its dismal EU exit too
India’s female work participation rate is better than we think
Surveys that account for misclassified, mis-stated and unpaid work would yield a different picture
Our love of government jobs isn’t good for the economy
They are so prized that they keep the youth out of private work for too long and hurt consumption
Grin and bear it
The Indian government’s own Sandes app is unlikely to achieve mass adoption, while downloads of private alternatives offering superior security have flagged. Network advantages, meanwhile, keep us glued to WhatsApp
Indian stocks: Do keep all exuberance rational
Our share indices have fared better than many others over the past year. Yet, as challenges steepen in Samvat 2079, we can’t count on local stock prices decoupling from global factors
India must dominate the game of chips – through its human resources
Geopolitics is driven by access to semiconductors and India should act now to acquire an edge
When activists look like pawns in a war against Meta
Dubious efforts to defame this social media giant should be seen in the context of a power struggle
Explaining the conundrum of inflation
It’s the central bank’s response in terms of monetary expansion or contraction that impacts an economy’s general price level
Geopolitics has speeded up the race to launch CBDCs
Sanctions that followed the war in Europe gave the idea an appeal beyond the usually cited benefits
Experiments in Erdonomics are pushing Turkey to the brink
President Erdogan’s outlandish economic experiments have led to a currency crisis, runaway inflation, slow growth and an embattled central bank with little independence.
Diwali sales spike and the Advaita of economics
We might not think of sales charts as things that yield transcendental insights into the soul of a society. That is only because we do not think deep or hard enough.
How the CCI has erred in punishing Make My Trip-Goibibo and OYO
The notion that online platforms are oligopolies is mistaken. Many new platforms compete in that space now, apart from global majors.
Mint Explainer: How top contenders stack up in the UK PM race
None of the contenders Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt has all of their ducks in a row.
The exchange rate will soon have to play a bigger adjustment role
The rupee’s dollar value has only two of four determinants in its favour and will need more flexibility to ease other pressures