Recently, there was a major furore when Donald Trump proposed import tariffs of 25% on Steel and 10% on aluminium imported into the US. That …
NPA Crisis: Bank NPAs Crisis in India
Key Word – (Bank NPA) According to recent figures put out by the RBI, the Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of the Indian banks had crossed …
Key Takeaways from Third Quarter GDP Estimates
On the 28th of February, the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI) released the GDP estimates for the 3rd quarter ended December 2017. Of …
Why the Fiscal Deficit May Not Be a Cause for Concern?
The Union Budget 2018 presented by Arun Jaitley was in the strict sense of the word a macro budget. It takes a look at the …
New Initiatives in the Union Budget
Union budget 2018 has actually been a big picture budget. It has not been about the nuances of taxes and levies but it has been …
What will India Budget After GST Focus on?
The Union Budget speech would be typically divided into two parts. The first part would contain all the government allocations and resources and the second …
Macroeconomic expectations from the Union Budget 2018…
A popular joke ahead of the Union Budget is that the text of the Union Budget 2018 will be substantially shorter and hence the budget …
What are the Key Budget Expectations on Equities and Capital Markets?
It is natural to look at the Union Budget each year from the point of view of the equity markets. The Sensex and the Nifty …
Pros and Cons of Trade Deficit
The trade data that came in for the month of August continued the trend of monthly trade deficit staying above the $11 billion mark. For …
Retail Inflation Rate Bounces Back Led By Food Inflation
Retail CPI inflation for the month of August 2017 came in sharply higher at 3.36%. This is 100 bps higher than the inflation level in …
