"Markets" tag
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Myanmar: India intends to play the long game & invest more

The armed forces of Myanmar, referred to as Tatmadaw, are in the habit of grabbing political power. They did it again in a February 1, 2021 coup. But unlike in the past, India didn’t leave...

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Capital Markets: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

The US had a difficult week, falling against nearly all the major currencies, recording new lows for the month against the euro, Swiss franc, and sterling among the major currencies. Indeed, the euro and sterling...

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The Dollar Snaps Back

The US dollar is enjoying broad, even if not large, gains today following yesterday’s recovery from three-year lows against sterling and four-year lows against the Canadian dollar.  The greenback is firmer against all the major...

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EastlyExpress: West Bengal, North East & the pandemic

Insights on Trade Relationship between India & its North East Neighbours with Pratim Ranjan Bose, Co-founder- Eastly Express | Researcher, Kolkata. Ezilarsan PKP: As Election has concluded in WestBengal, From your point of view, which...

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IMF & Fed: Even if not everybody is well, everything else is!

The IMF’s latest quarterly outlook is impressively upbeat with expectations that the US and other advanced economies, always together with China, will come roaring back this year and into next. Successful near universal adult vaccination...

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Sustainable Finance & Demystifying sustainability reporting frameworks

Emergence of Sustainable Finance Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions. In short, it revolves around the reorientation of capital flows...

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Covid-19: Vaccination is a game-changer but not yet a game-winner

The prospect of longer and warmer days in the Northern Hemisphere heralds the return of less favourable conditions for COVID-19 but instead we seem already to have entered a third wave of infections in Europe,...

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Development Through Six Pillars: Budget 2021

Honorable FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 3rd union budget of Modi government 2.0 at a time when India along with the world is witnessing one of the biggest health crises of centuries. Covid-19 lead staggering...

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Economics & unemployment: few answers yet

Despite the current scary surge in the pandemic, the worst of the economic damage is done even if the pace and scale of the recovery around the globe are far from clear.The UK is one...

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Inflating Inflation Expectations

Rising prices feature in many economic forecasts for the US.  It is seen as part of the reflation meme as the vaccines roll out.  There seem to be three threads to the discussion. The first is...

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Dollar: Cautious Ahead of the Weekend

Investors have turned cautious ahead of the weekend. The US dollar is firmer, stocks are struggling, bond yields are higher, and gold and oil are consolidating. Profit-taking was seen in Asia Pacific equities, and even...

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Amid Covid-19 The Prospect of Political Marketing

Political parties are an indispensable part of any form of constitutional democracy. The proper functioning of democracy is unquestionably incomplete without the existence of political parties. They perform multiple functions and illustrate numerous dynamic behaviours...