Tag Search: “macroeconomics”
Robert Solow and the ‘Wealth of Nations’
In a tribute to Robert Solow, I4I’s Editor-in-Chief Parikshit Ghosh outlines some of the late Nobel Laureate’s contributions to macroeconomics, and uses examples and metaphors for the economy to expla...
- Parikshit Ghosh
- 03 January, 2024
- Perspectives
International financial architecture and emerging economies
Policy responses to Covid-19 have been a mix of fiscal and monetary policy – with the latter doing the heavy-lifting in both developed and developing countries. Against this backdrop, in this edition ...
- Viral Acharya Amartya Lahiri
- 05 April, 2022
- Videos
International financial architecture and emerging economies
Policy responses to Covid-19 have been a mix of fiscal and monetary policy – with the latter doing the heavy-lifting in both developed and developing countries. Against this backdrop, in this edition ...
- Viral Acharya Amartya Lahiri
- 05 April, 2022
- Podcasts
Not by growth alone: The salience of redistribution in poverty eradication
Recent studies posit that per capita incomes of developing countries are finally on track to catch up to those of industrialised countries. In this post, Enevoldsen and Pande contend that this country...
- Nils Enevoldsen Rohini Pande
- 18 October, 2021
- Perspectives
Budget 2021-22: Agriculture, procurement, and food security
Discussing agriculture, procurement, and food security in the context of the 2021-22 Budget, Hussain and Mohapatra contend that reforms affecting millions of farmers can only be achieved by preparing ...
- Siraj Hussain Jugal Mohapatra
- 18 February, 2021
- Perspectives
Going beyond passive investing in the stock market
Investing in the stock market through passive funds is now becoming popular in India. This is, broadly speaking, a positive development. However, Gurbachan Singh contends that we need to go well beyon...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 09 September, 2020
- Perspectives
Covid-19: Right opportunity to strengthen the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code
The government has recently exempted all Covid-related debts from the definition of default, and stalled the invocation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 for one year, to allow ailing ente...
- K. Srinivasa Rao
- 11 June, 2020
- Perspectives
There are none so blind as they who will not see
Based on Government of India’s own data, the government and the community of economists in India have come up with different narratives about the position of Indian economy. In this post, Pronab Sen h...
- Pronab Sen
- 16 December, 2019
- Perspectives
Raising coverage under deposit insurance: A soft option
Indian Parliament is expected to legislate on a rise in the amount of insurance for bank deposits from Rs. 100,000 to possibly Rs. 500,000 in its ongoing winter session. In this post, Gurbachan Singh ...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 02 December, 2019
- Perspectives
How banking crisis is impeding India’s economy
The amount of non-performing assets (NPAs) in India’s banking sector has skyrocketed in the last five years. It has been accompanied by a sharp decline in investment growth, and a significant economic...
- Rajeswari Sengupta Harsh Vardhan
- 11 October, 2019
- Perspectives
I4I Panel Discussion: Financing development in India
I4I recently organised a panel discussion on ‘Financing Development in India’ with Prachi Mishra (Goldman Sachs), Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg), and Ananth Narayan (SPJIMR). The discussion was moderated ...
- Nalini Gulati
- 03 October, 2019
- Videos
Would RBI fund transfer weaken government's financial position?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently decided to transfer Rs. 1.76 trillion to the Government of India (GOI). If the RBI has inadequate capital, then it should not transfer funds to the GOI. But ev...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 02 September, 2019
- Perspectives