Inflation is one criterion which is closely monitored by Central Bank for its Monetary Policy and also by individuals to match their returns to be above the Inflation rate. In this Decoding Series, we decode the...
Europe’s statistics office reported Friday unemployment in the 17-member eurozone remained steady at its record high of 12.1 percent, even though the jobless total decreased by 15,000. Eurostat said there were 19.23 million people out...
Fresh data from the EU’s statistics office have shown that the debt-stricken eurozone has had no problems with keeping inflation in the bloc at a reasonably low level. Individual member states stand out, however. The...
India imports billions of dollars of goods and services despite having the resources and to manufacture the manpower goods/services at lower costs on its shores. India’s malfunctioning and corrupt governance is the chief cause of...
Can you imagine Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow helping the US government sell bonds or Jay Z and Justin Timberlake composing songs about Treasury bills? It would not be the first time Hollywood stars or...
The reluctance of the RBI to reduce interest rates had primarily been on account of the fact that the government has not moved on the fiscal front to control the level of fiscal deficit and...
The Bank of Japan has announced plans to stimulate the sputtering economy with new quantitative easing. Under new leadership, the central bank plans to double the country’s money supply by the end of next year....
Finance Minister – P. Chidambaram’s take on Fiscal consolidation, Divestment, 2G auction, Inflation management, Current account deficit (CAD), key legislation such as Direct tax Code (DTC). He unveiled a five-year roadmap for fiscal consolidation. The...
While addressing the Development Committee meeting of the World Bank in Tokyo, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram wants urgent steps at the international level needs to initiate to curtail the diversion of foodgrains for alternative uses....
Fewer Germans feel inclined to make adequate financial old-age provisions, a study has found. The survey points out that a good part of the population is worried about inflation and record-low capital yields. Germans on...
RBI has slashed lending rate by 50 bps yesterday but today USDINR exchange rate has crossed 51.80 with a low of 51.90. In past one year the exchange rate has hovered in the vicinity of...
Mumbai, December 17, 2011 : Another week has been gone pass and its no different this time, negative news continue to stock mint street and all market be it Equities, Currencies or commodities are making...
