Page 70 - Economy & Policy Analysis

CRISIL downgrades outlook for TN-govt owned Power units to 'negative'

The outlook revision reflects increased likelihood of strain on Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN's) financial risk profile

Demonetisation: ASSOCHAM suggests taxing agricultural income

ASSOCHAM said that demonetisation would succeed only when accompanied by other concomitant measures

Inflation, Dollar, notes: Takeaways from the RBI's Monetary Policy review

Contrary to expectations, RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.25%

Ashok K Lahiri: Demonetisation and the cash shortage

The liquidity crunch may extend far beyond the calendar year. A quick way to remonetise would be to import currency notes

A K Bhattacharya: Choosing the tax implementers well

The current structure of the CBEC needs to be modified in tune with the launch of the GST regime from April 2017

Monetary Policy preview: Will the RBI cut interest rates tomorrow?

Here is what top research houses and brokerages expect

Jayalalithaa's Legacy: Industrial, social, crime rankings among India's best

Tamil Nadu now has India's lowest fertility rate - lower than Australia, Finland and Belgium - second-best infant mortality and maternal mortality rate, besides other achievements

Demonetisation: Giving JAM to the starving

The intended economic empowerment of the poor has been impeded by poor implementation

TNC Rajagopalan: GST changes on excise matters

The changes made in the revised draft throw up fresh issues but, overall, most of these look sensible

BoFA lowers GDP forecast to 7.4% for FY 17

As demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is expected to hurt activity in December

OPEC makes last-ditch bid to save oil deal as tensions grow

In September, OPEC, agreed to cap output at around 32.5-33.0 million barrels per day

3 reasons why the RBI hiked CRR

Here are the key reasons why the central bank increased the CRR, excerpted from a Citigroup report

High cost of spectrum a hurdle for digital money flow

In the first of a three-part series, Business Standard analyses the merits of the auction policy as the sole means to allocate natural resources

Abheek Barua: The other strike on November 8th

Trade protectionism, criticism of the Fed and the utter disdain for regulation - Donald Trump's views are a cause for anxiety

Can the rupee breach 70 level against the US dollar?

Rupee hit a record low of 68.87 against the US dollar (USD) on Thursday, surpassing its earlier all-time intra-day low of 68.85 hit on August 28, 2013

A K Bhattacharya: It's the politics, stupid!

Modi govt's demonetisation move driven more by politics than by economic consequences

Indian household wealth falls to $3 trillion in 2016

The report noted that while wealth has been rising in India, not everyone has shared in this growth

Out of cash

Rural distress must be addressed urgently

Statsguru: Cash crunch to hit growth

Because Indian economy uses cash far more than other countries

Asia thermal coal sector to remain under pressure next year: Fitch

Supply-demand dynamics remain on soft ground, as China eliminated only 152 million tonnes (MT) of excess capacity in 8M16