Ease capital controls, IMF tells India

India should concentrate on financial liberalisation, Kenneth Rogoff, the outgoing chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, said on Thursday.Rogoff, who was speaking at a seminar......

What exactly ails the world's advanced economies

The biggest failure of post-2008 economic policy has consisted in governments’ inability to find creative ways to write down unsustainable debts, says Kenneth Rogoff. Is today’s......

Why is a free market for gold risky and volatile?

The global financial crisis added to gold’s allure, owing initially to fear of a second Great Depression, notes Kenneth Rogoff In principle, holding gold is a form of insurance against war,......

India GDP to grow at 5.6% this year: IMF

Projecting a 5.6 per cent economic growth for India in 2003, the International Monetary Fund today said the GDP growth would go up to 5.9 per cent in 2004, but the targeted 8.0 per cent will remain......