The ECB meeting is today’s highlight. A dovish signal is expected. The euro remains pinned near its lows ahead it. The global equity market rally in January and February is faltering this week. Asian equities...
News that MSCI plans to substantially boost China’s equity weighting in its indices and a better than expected Caixin manufacturing PMI and some easing of India-Pakistan tensions helped bolster the risk-taking appetite going into the...
Targeting the poor has been a constant challenge for policy makers in India. In the early 70’s the social planners followed the strategy of growth mediated development policies with the assumption of ‘Trickle Down Hypothesis’...
Activity in the global capital markets is subdued as investors await fresh developments. New wording for the Irish backstop apparently is being drafted. US-China trade talks resume. No decision has been made on US auto...
In a world of rapid economic transition, where global economic growth is increasingly dependent on technology, growth of human capital is crucial for stimulating local and national economies. Human capital as a measure of education...
In January, orders for Class-8 trucks — the heavy trucks that haul trailers with goods of all kinds across the US — plunged by 58% from a year ago, to just 15,642 orders. It was...
Car production has fallen to its lowest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report. Industry leaders say the damage is “enormous,” but nothing like the “devastation” a no-deal Brexit would have....
Oceanwide Plaza – a three-tower condominium, hotel, and retail complex expected to cost over $1 billion – is one of the largest real estate projects in downtown Los Angeles. It was scheduled to be completed...
Congress President, Shri Rahul Gandhi has promised that his party will implement the scheme of Universal Basic Income for all if the party comes to power after the next general elections. There are skeptics who...
Global equities have fared better than the 1.4% slide in the S&P 500 yesterday may have implied. Asian markets were mixed, with China, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand advancing. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 from Europe...
Crime against women across the globe is both endemic and structural to any society. Number of incidents reported around the world demonstrate the gravity of this scourge. As per UN estimates, about 35% of women...
“Don’t blame God for creating the tiger, but thank him for not giving it wings. “One wonders if ancestral Indian wisdom has not again struck. And this time, Narendra Modi, having triumphed in power in...
