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Why Banks Are Raising Deposit Rates

Why Banks Are Raising Deposit Rates

7 min read

3 months ago

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

3 months ago

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

3 months ago

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

4 months ago

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

4 months ago

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

4 months ago

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

4 months ago

West Asia Crisis To Hit India's Growth Hard

West Asia Crisis To Hit India's Growth Hard

4 months ago

Why Gold Loan Boom Needs Caution

Why Gold Loan Boom Needs Caution

4 months ago

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

5 months ago

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

5 months ago

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

5 months ago

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

5 months ago

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

6 months ago

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

6 months ago

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

7 months ago

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

7 months ago

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

7 months ago

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

7 months ago

Three Key Priorities For Government!

Three Key Priorities For Government!

7 months ago

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

7 months ago

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

8 months ago

Budget 2026: Time To Fix Weak Link In R&D Ecosystem

Budget 2026: Time To Fix Weak Link In R&D Ecosystem

8 months ago

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

8 months ago

Budget At Economic Crossroads

Budget At Economic Crossroads

8 months ago

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

16 min read

8 months ago

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

8 months ago

RBI Governor Is A Trapeze Artist

RBI Governor Is A Trapeze Artist

3 years ago

Benefits of Working in a Big Enterprises

Benefits of Working in a Big Enterprises

3 years ago

FTX Failure: Lessons To Be Learnt

FTX Failure: Lessons To Be Learnt

3 years ago

What Will Nirmalaji Do About Income Tax?

What Will Nirmalaji Do About Income Tax?

3 years ago

12 PSBs Post Profit Of Rs 256.85 Billion

12 PSBs Post Profit Of Rs 256.85 Billion

3 years ago

Are We Witnessing A Silent Bull Market?

Are We Witnessing A Silent Bull Market?

3 years ago

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

3 years ago

Is India's Government Too Bloated?

Is India's Government Too Bloated?

6 min read

3 years ago

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

3 years ago

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

3 years ago

Reimagining Venture Capital

Reimagining Venture Capital

3 years ago

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

3 years ago

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

3 years ago

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

3 years ago

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

3 years ago

India 2022: Huge Economic Challenges

India 2022: Huge Economic Challenges

3 years ago

Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

4 years ago

Over To Rain Gods To Lift Consumer Mood

Over To Rain Gods To Lift Consumer Mood

4 years ago

Can India Overtake Turkiye, China?

Can India Overtake Turkiye, China?

4 years ago

DON'T WORRY About The Rupee!

DON'T WORRY About The Rupee!

4 years ago

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

4 years ago

Will RBI Rescue Banks Again?

Will RBI Rescue Banks Again?

4 years ago

What Zomato, Ola, Paytm Need To Learn

What Zomato, Ola, Paytm Need To Learn

4 years ago

Want Stronger Rupee? Manage The Economy

Want Stronger Rupee? Manage The Economy

4 years ago

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

4 years ago

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

4 years ago

Labour Force INCREASED By 8.8 Million In April

Labour Force INCREASED By 8.8 Million In April

4 years ago

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

4 years ago

What Went Wrong at Axis Mutual Fund

What Went Wrong at Axis Mutual Fund

4 years ago

The T-Shirt Wars

The T-Shirt Wars

4 years ago

Revealed: Our Banks' Financial Health

Revealed: Our Banks' Financial Health

4 years ago

At 38.2 mn, unemployed would be largest in any year

At 38.2 mn, unemployed would be largest in any year

4 years ago

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

4 years ago

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

4 years ago

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

4 years ago

Playing Moneyball With The IPL?

Playing Moneyball With The IPL?

4 years ago

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

4 years ago

Stock Markets Unconcerned About Inflation

Stock Markets Unconcerned About Inflation

4 years ago

Why Are FPIs Bailing Out From India?

Why Are FPIs Bailing Out From India?

4 years ago

Post-Ukraine, Nirmalaji Must Revisit Budget

Post-Ukraine, Nirmalaji Must Revisit Budget

4 years ago

Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

4 years ago

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab

5 years ago

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Managing Internet tech change wisely

5 years ago

NSE Outage: Interoperability won't work

NSE Outage: Interoperability won't work

5 years ago

Why are More Women Jobless?

Why are More Women Jobless?

5 years ago

Covid will have long-term effect on economy

Covid will have long-term effect on economy

5 years ago

Diesel at 100!!!

Diesel at 100!!!

5 years ago

When will EC ban loan waiver poll promises?

When will EC ban loan waiver poll promises?

5 years ago

Economy is recovering, not Employment

Economy is recovering, not Employment

6 min read

5 years ago

Beware Zohnerism!

Beware Zohnerism!

5 years ago

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab's?

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab's?

5 years ago

Questions to ask about the Bad Bank

Questions to ask about the Bad Bank

5 years ago

Employment: Glad tidings from January

Employment: Glad tidings from January

5 years ago

Why's Modi going against his natural instinct?

Why's Modi going against his natural instinct?

5 years ago

Will the real Mr Modi please stand up?

Will the real Mr Modi please stand up?

5 years ago

Is Modi stepping onto a minefield?

Is Modi stepping onto a minefield?

5 years ago

Netflix-ication of print media in India?

Netflix-ication of print media in India?

5 years ago

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

5 years ago

Not a Budget for Employment

Not a Budget for Employment

5 years ago

Another storm brewing on Wall Street?

Another storm brewing on Wall Street?

5 years ago

Gold monetisation scheme: What you must know

Gold monetisation scheme: What you must know

5 years ago

Two cheers for the Budget!

Two cheers for the Budget!

5 years ago

India Inc has no RISK APPETITE for UNICORNS

India Inc has no RISK APPETITE for UNICORNS

5 years ago

Why does the FM ignore JOBS issue?

Why does the FM ignore JOBS issue?

5 years ago

India's growth story is over

India's growth story is over

5 years ago

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

6 min read

5 years ago

SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

5 years ago

Why Xi Jinping 'fixed' Jack Ma

Why Xi Jinping 'fixed' Jack Ma

5 years ago

Economy to bounce back next year!

Economy to bounce back next year!

5 years ago

Let ex-servicemen partner farmers in agri cooperatives

Let ex-servicemen partner farmers in agri cooperatives

5 years ago

Budget must provide a realistic road map

Budget must provide a realistic road map

5 years ago

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs

5 years ago

What to make of this bull market?

What to make of this bull market?

5 years ago

2021 will be under 2020's shadow

2021 will be under 2020's shadow

5 years ago

How economies changed in 10 years

How economies changed in 10 years

6 min read

5 years ago

Markets are sending clear message

Markets are sending clear message

5 years ago

Govt response to the pandemic was right

Govt response to the pandemic was right

5 years ago

Will this Budget lower income tax?

Will this Budget lower income tax?

5 years ago

Does Modi want small companies to fail?

Does Modi want small companies to fail?

5 years ago

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

5 years ago

COVID fallout: Markets crowded, but malls empty

COVID fallout: Markets crowded, but malls empty

5 years ago

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

5 years ago

What will Nirmalaji's Budget give us?

What will Nirmalaji's Budget give us?

5 years ago

Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

5 years ago

As India Inc's profits soar, wage bill falls

As India Inc's profits soar, wage bill falls

5 years ago

How long will savings, profits, stocks remain high?

How long will savings, profits, stocks remain high?

5 years ago

Covid is driving demand for gold loans from banks

Covid is driving demand for gold loans from banks

5 years ago

What kind of economic recovery will we have?

What kind of economic recovery will we have?

5 years ago

Listed cos increased headcount in a bleak year

Listed cos increased headcount in a bleak year

5 years ago

43,000 cr! That's how much banks fleeced borrowers of

43,000 cr! That's how much banks fleeced borrowers of

5 years ago

Two routes to atmanirbharta

Two routes to atmanirbharta

5 years ago

How RBI can prevent frauds

How RBI can prevent frauds

5 years ago

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

5 years ago

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

5 years ago

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

5 years ago

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

5 years ago

How about a Hammurabi Code for financial offences?

How about a Hammurabi Code for financial offences?

5 years ago

India's electronics manufacturing dream

India's electronics manufacturing dream

5 years ago

Oil levies cushion revenue shock for Modi

Oil levies cushion revenue shock for Modi

5 years ago

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

5 years ago

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

5 years ago

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

5 years ago

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

5 years ago

Why is RBI allergic to 55-year-old bankers?

Why is RBI allergic to 55-year-old bankers?

5 years ago

Lockdown wipes out job gains since 2016

Lockdown wipes out job gains since 2016

5 years ago

What Modi must do to boost growth

What Modi must do to boost growth

5 years ago

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

5 years ago

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 years ago

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

5 years ago

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

5 years ago

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

5 years ago

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

5 years ago

GST needs a political fix, not a legal one

GST needs a political fix, not a legal one

5 years ago

Why Tata's buyout of Air India makes sense

Why Tata's buyout of Air India makes sense

5 years ago

What's better about new taxpayer's charter

What's better about new taxpayer's charter

5 years ago

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

5 years ago

Portnoy's complaint about Warren Buffett

Portnoy's complaint about Warren Buffett

5 years ago

Time for Modi to use India's market size as a weapon

Time for Modi to use India's market size as a weapon

5 years ago

Will Sterlite verdict put investors off Tamil Nadu?

Will Sterlite verdict put investors off Tamil Nadu?

6 years ago

The curious case of the SBI chairman

The curious case of the SBI chairman

6 years ago

Why Modi's tax charter reads like a cruel joke

Why Modi's tax charter reads like a cruel joke

6 years ago

Corporatising OFBs: An idea whose time has come

Corporatising OFBs: An idea whose time has come

6 years ago

The Work From Home Revolution

The Work From Home Revolution

6 years ago

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

6 years ago

Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!

Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!

6 years ago

Airtel's Sunil Mittal: 25 years of mobiles in India!

Airtel's Sunil Mittal: 25 years of mobiles in India!

6 years ago

Jobs: Lockdown hit young, women most

Jobs: Lockdown hit young, women most

6 years ago

Jobs return to urban India at last

Jobs return to urban India at last

6 years ago

Why reduce bank CEO to a titular head!

Why reduce bank CEO to a titular head!

6 years ago

How did the Twitter hack happen?

How did the Twitter hack happen?

6 years ago

Modiji, this is your last chance

Modiji, this is your last chance

6 years ago

Why are our banks so secretive?

Why are our banks so secretive?

6 min read

6 years ago

Economy will determine Modi's political future

Economy will determine Modi's political future

6 years ago

Why we import what we do from China

Why we import what we do from China

6 years ago

7 out of 12 PSBs made losses in first quarter

7 out of 12 PSBs made losses in first quarter

6 years ago

Modi needs to listen to good advice

Modi needs to listen to good advice

6 years ago

How India can be truly Atma Nirbhar

How India can be truly Atma Nirbhar

6 years ago

COVID-19 vaccine: The Need for Caution

COVID-19 vaccine: The Need for Caution

6 years ago

Economy: Why Modi must be on guard

Economy: Why Modi must be on guard

6 years ago

Want to buy a house? Now is the time!

Want to buy a house? Now is the time!

6 years ago

Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

6 years ago

Sell household gold, revive the economy

Sell household gold, revive the economy

6 years ago

Modi, mines, viprit buddhi

Modi, mines, viprit buddhi

6 years ago

How oil holds the key to India's economic health

How oil holds the key to India's economic health

6 years ago

India's road map for a $5 trn self-reliant economy

India's road map for a $5 trn self-reliant economy

6 years ago

Does Modi Mean Business?

Does Modi Mean Business?

6 years ago

Hurrah! Unemployment rate falls as India unlocks

Hurrah! Unemployment rate falls as India unlocks

6 years ago

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

6 years ago

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

6 years ago

Andaman & Nicobar can attract Hong Kong investments

Andaman & Nicobar can attract Hong Kong investments

6 years ago

Nirmalaji, junk rating agencies, save the economy

Nirmalaji, junk rating agencies, save the economy

6 years ago

We need more Rajiv Bajajs in our boardrooms

We need more Rajiv Bajajs in our boardrooms

6 years ago

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

6 years ago

India Inc, stop whining!

India Inc, stop whining!

6 years ago

Work from home forever

Work from home forever

6 years ago

Explained: How P2P lending can help us

Explained: How P2P lending can help us

6 years ago

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

6 min read

6 years ago

122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

6 years ago

Why it makes sense for banks to lend to MSMEs

Why it makes sense for banks to lend to MSMEs

6 years ago

Modi has become a great reformer

Modi has become a great reformer

6 years ago

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

6 years ago

A better world after Covid?

A better world after Covid?

6 years ago

Does Modi lack courage about the economy?

Does Modi lack courage about the economy?

6 years ago

Can Modi dig India out of the COVID hole?

Can Modi dig India out of the COVID hole?

6 years ago

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

6 years ago

India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

6 years ago

Post lockdown, Modi must be bold to revive economy

Post lockdown, Modi must be bold to revive economy

6 years ago

Will RBI's rate cut force banks to lend?

Will RBI's rate cut force banks to lend?

6 years ago

COVID-19 crisis: How small businesses will survive

COVID-19 crisis: How small businesses will survive

6 years ago

The challenge of the lockdown

The challenge of the lockdown

6 years ago

For many, this is not a lockdown, but a knockout

For many, this is not a lockdown, but a knockout

6 years ago

BIG headache awaits banks this September

BIG headache awaits banks this September

6 years ago

What should the RBI do next, Mr Das?

What should the RBI do next, Mr Das?

6 years ago

The economy is in crisis

The economy is in crisis

6 min read

6 years ago

5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

6 years ago

Should govt declare a financial emergency?

Should govt declare a financial emergency?

6 years ago

Budget, the other casualty of COVID-19

Budget, the other casualty of COVID-19

6 years ago

The financial world is a dangerous place

The financial world is a dangerous place

6 years ago

Why private healthcare is important to fight COVID-19

Why private healthcare is important to fight COVID-19

6 years ago

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

6 years ago

In India, jobs the biggest casualty of coronavirus

In India, jobs the biggest casualty of coronavirus

6 years ago

Why is the stockmarket reacting like this?

Why is the stockmarket reacting like this?

6 years ago

Has Modi given up on the economy?

Has Modi given up on the economy?

6 years ago

Public sector banks are not out of the woods yet

Public sector banks are not out of the woods yet

6 years ago

Magic pill to revive growth

Magic pill to revive growth

6 years ago

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

6 years ago

Let India's telecom sector bloom

Let India's telecom sector bloom

6 years ago

Will this RBI plan boost growth? Or dent it?

Will this RBI plan boost growth? Or dent it?

6 years ago

Make in India is not a strategy, it is a logo

Make in India is not a strategy, it is a logo

6 years ago

Why will anyone opt for tax amnesty scheme?

Why will anyone opt for tax amnesty scheme?

6 years ago

I just called to say I love you

I just called to say I love you

6 min read

6 years ago

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

6 years ago

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

6 years ago

If your bank goes bust, how much money will you get?

If your bank goes bust, how much money will you get?

6 years ago

Slowdown: Is there an end in sight?

Slowdown: Is there an end in sight?

6 years ago

It does not look like a 'do or die' Budget

It does not look like a 'do or die' Budget

6 years ago

Does Modi dislike Budgets?

Does Modi dislike Budgets?

6 years ago

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

6 years ago

Redefined in Budget 2020: Who's an Indian resident

Redefined in Budget 2020: Who's an Indian resident

6 years ago

India, you have a problem

India, you have a problem

6 years ago

The Problem With Budgets...

The Problem With Budgets...

6 years ago

Do Modi's ministers understand business?

Do Modi's ministers understand business?

6 years ago

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

6 years ago

The mistakes companies make...

The mistakes companies make...

6 years ago

How India can return to higher growth rate

How India can return to higher growth rate

6 years ago

A fragile economy can't afford social strife

A fragile economy can't afford social strife

6 years ago

2020: Equities will remain in favour

2020: Equities will remain in favour

6 years ago

Let's stop making cash the villain

Let's stop making cash the villain

6 years ago

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

6 years ago

Will Modi find a buyer for Air India?

Will Modi find a buyer for Air India?

6 years ago

2020 is a critical year for the Indian economy

2020 is a critical year for the Indian economy

6 years ago

Will India Inc separate chairman and CEO roles?

Will India Inc separate chairman and CEO roles?

6 years ago

Modi may shut Air India by June

Modi may shut Air India by June

6 years ago

In advertising, to err is human

In advertising, to err is human

6 years ago

Do you know what Modi's AMs are, and what they do?

Do you know what Modi's AMs are, and what they do?

6 years ago