Yet another bank is in trouble after PMC Bank and Yes Bank in the span of just two years. The question is what is common in these crises and how is the RBI responding?
Category: Finance and Crisis
The Monetisation Trap
This article explores debt management through monetisation of debts, theoretical causation of inflationary pressures as a consequence of growing fiscal deficits and how fiscal deficit affects the interaction of fiscal-monetary policies?
Broken Markets – Reflection from the labour landscape (Part II)
In this article, the author discusses the trend in budgetary allocations to schemes such as MNREGA to bring out the stark reality through the data analyzed in the July Issue of Infosphere.
India’s Debt Challenge
The important question that one is looking to analyse is whether the targets set under the FRBM Act were met. Authors Diya and Aliva provide a brief on India’s journey with tackling high fiscal deficits.
Pandemic and slumped oil prices: context and impact on migrant workers
This article discusses how migrant workers in petrostates are impacted by fiscal policies in the light of pandemic and low oil prices.
The Economics of Isolation (Part 1): Thinking like a consumeR
In the first part of a two-part series discussing the economic impacts of self-isolation and quarantines across the globe, Advaita Singh explores the changes in consumer behaviour due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
BROKEN MARKETS: REFLECTIONS FROM INDIA’S LABOUR LANDSCAPE
Divyansh Singh provides a narrative to support the data in the Infosphere Issue on India’s labour markets.
Cleaning out the War Chest- Looking into the role of Campaign Funds in US elections
US Presidential elections are not only a lengthy but an expensive affair. Millions are spent as campaign funds in this battle for the white house.
Causes and Recovery of the Indian Economy Slowdown.
From Jan-March 2019 to July- Sep 2019, the Indian economy received a steep fall in its gross domestic product from 8.2% to 4.5%. Reasons for
Toilet Paper Crisis
The rampantly spreading Coronavirus has impacted the life of every human being in unimaginable ways. May that be a rich aristocrat or a roadside barber,
Is banning e-cigarettes a moral façade?
Digging up on old news, it has been almost three months since the bill on banning e-cigarettes has been passed. The government has claimed that
Coronavirus in the Global Economy
In our latest print edition, Advaita Singh captures the trending topic of Coronavirus through its effect on the global economy.
