Problems faced by Financial Market in China China is suffering from the problem of rent seeking and corruption, all thanks to its regulated Financial Market. In order to help the nation curb these problems, the country needs to free its financial markets. In March this year, the State Council announced a new batch of restrictions. […]

Crude Oil Crude oil prices has hovered somewhere close to $110a barrel for past one year, however the price dipped below $100 in the recent past and brought a cheer and sigh of relief for several countries. One of the countries with happy face was definitely India, as it is the largest importer of oil to […]

Recently the consumer food giant Unilever Plc made an open offer to its Indian subsidiary Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) to raise its stake to 75%. The stake of 75% will be a result of undoing what government had done decades ago. Decades ago the Indira Gandhi government introduced the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act also known […]

Economic Indicators An economic indicator is a statistic about the economy. It helps in analysis of economic performance and predictions of future performance. It includes various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries. For example: unemployment rate, CPI, industrial production, GDP, money supply etc. Types of Economic Indicators The indicators helps in assessing the future prospects for the economy and also helps the stakeholders of the […]

Mike Parker rightly said, “When you don’t invest in infrastructure, you are going to pay sooner or later.” Indian government after realizing the need of development of infrastructure passed a Public Private Partnership Policy which was regarded as a milestone in infrastructure development. Until lately with the lack of development and late completion of projects, […]

The Reserve Bank of India in its recent monetary policy review has announced a rate cut by 25 basis points. The benchmark interest rate has been reduced from 7.75% to current 7.5%. A similar move that was seen in January by RBI was seen this time too, when the bank made the rate cut announcement. […]