Japan could be the biggest risk to solar demand in 2015, as the country is facing grid connection issues and changes in FIT. Japan has seen a massive boom in solar demand in 2013 and...
The new Greek government believes it could still convince its international lenders to accept Athens’ terms for a new bailout program. But the writing is on the wall, with the country set to run out...
As the government gears itself to present a full-fledged budget in a few weeks, the policymakers will have to do the balancing act of giving a boost to the economy along with getting the budgetary...
Global clean energy investment surged in 2014 crossing $300 billon for the first time ever, with solar energy drawing nearly $150 billion in investments. The investment was up 16% this year, as lower solar prices...
In a bid to transform India’s economy, PM Narendra Modi has pledged unlimited reforms at a summit in Gujarat. DW speaks to economist Rajiv Biswas about the likelihood of “Modinomics” succeeding across India. Speaking at...
Indian bond markets have being seeing volatility in yields since May 2013 when the news of imminent tapering of Quantitative Easing by the U.S Federal Reserve came to the fore. The yield volatility was largely...
The markets are an incredible aggregator of information. However, because of a tsunami of information, sometimes investors have difficulty in distinguishing the signal from noise. Let us try to help. Here we look at three...
When RBI declared the fifth bi-monthly monetary policy statement on December 2nd, Rajan chose not to change the key policy rates. The markets anticipating a rate cut were disappointed. However, the statement that “rates can...
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is amongst the leading consumer goods companies globally. It came into existence in 1837. The company has presence in more than 180 countries today, serving around 5 billion people across the...
The much awaited monetary policy of December 2014 miffed the markets and the economy. Anticipating a rate cut. The markets believed that RBI had a window to cut the repo rates. A cut in repo...
Many observers have proclaimed the death of OPEC. This seems to be a premature judgment, and may reflect a misunderstanding of oligopolistic practices. The decision not to cut production is not a sign of the...
Notwithstanding the globally sharpening focus on multi-lateralism (read WTO, food security and trade facilitation) and pluri-lateralism (read Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnerships), we all want all our industries to flourish despite the increasing...
