The next round of bad news could come from Europe, where banks in a number of economies such as Italy, Portugal and Greece are sitting on mountains of bad loans.
A comprehensive solution involves a complete overhaul of our education and training model.
The unemployment situation is becoming increasingly acute.
The fuzziness of Trump's economic blueprint remains the biggest risk.
Private banks are assumed to be more efficient at intermediating between depositors and investors.
If banks have a surplus, they have the option of parking the money with the RBI.
The dollar has fallen not just against commodity-linked assets but against other asset prices.
High fiscal deficits raise inflation which hits the lowest income and salaried classes.
The economy hasn't gathered even half the traction that some of us assumed it would just a year back.
Banks cannot shirk their responsibility in cases of frauds.
Asian emerging market stock prices did see a bounce post Fed-talk.
Many things are going unnoticed by India watchers.
'China could place the currency on a par with global biggies. But it has to wait to be a serious challenger.'
Foreign exchange reserves of the oil producers have increased by $1.1 trillion over the past decade.
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
In India we have to be careful not to copy any level of dependence on the financial sector and infatuation with the get-rich-quick syndrome, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
The markets, at this point, have rallied on the view that the Fed will not budge from the zero-bound as long as inflation remains subdued
The belief that the Fed knows something that lesser mortals don't is common.
The better performing states throw up more employment opportunities including at unskilled levels.
The majority in the markets believe that a September lift-off is likely.
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