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ExplainSpeaking: Monsoon 2023 starts with a deficit: What is the likely impact?
June 20, 2023 9:44 pm
Past analysis suggests that a deficit in June does not necessarily ruin the whole monsoon performance.
Why did IIFL Securities' shares tank over 18 per cent?Premium Story
June 21, 2023 8:09 am
After opening at Rs 59 apiece today, down 17 per cent compared to the previous close of Rs 71.15, the shares of IIFL Securities plunged 18.48 per cent to hit an intraday low of Rs 58 in early trades.
IndiGo’s mega aircraft order: What it means for the carrier and India’s aviation sector
June 21, 2023 8:57 am
For IndiGo, which dominates Indian skies with a market share (by passengers carried) of over 60 per cent, this order would ensure a steady supply of aircraft till 2035 and will be critical to the airline’s long-term objective of maintaining its ascendancy in India’s booming aviation market.
ExplainSpeaking: Anatomy of China’s economic slowdownPremium Story
June 20, 2023 12:25 pm
Analysts and economists are revising down China's economic growth rate even as the People’s Bank of China has repeatedly cut interest rates. What is driving China's economic slowdown?
Why remittance inflows growth could slow to just 0.2% in 2023Premium Story
June 17, 2023 6:28 pm
The projection by the World Bank's latest Migration and Development Brief marks a dramatic slowing from 2022, when remittances to India grew by more than 24% to reach a record-high $111 billion. The reasons: slower growth in OECD and GCC economies, high base effect.
ExplainSpeaking: What is a hawkish pause?
June 15, 2023 7:57 pm
The Federal Reserve of the United States, the world’s most influential central bank, decided to pause raising interest rates. While it is a pause, many are calling it a hawkish one — a characterisation used for India’s RBI as well. What does it mean?
Pulses production goes up: The success story of chana and moong
June 19, 2023 1:59 pm
What explains the significantly increased production of chickpea and green gram, when arhar/tur (pigeon-pea) and urad (black gram) have not gone up as much?
Compromise settlement for wilful defaulters: How RBI's controversial move impacts the banking sector
June 15, 2023 1:29 pm
By allowing wilful defaulters and fraudsters to settle loans under compromise, the RBI is effectively condoning their actions, placing the burden of their misdeeds on the shoulders of ordinary citizens.
Why FDs with 1-3 year tenures are seeing most traction, women borrowers are going for gold, education loans
June 14, 2023 3:15 pm
Customers are now increasingly going for fixed deposits (FDs) with a tenure of ‘one year to less than three years’ where interest rates are the highest.
ExplainSpeaking: Ultra-rich individuals are projected to keep leaving India in 2023. Why do the rich migrate from a country?
June 14, 2023 5:30 pm
India’s likely net outflow (net of inflow and outflow) in 2023 will make it the second worst performer on losing HNWIs after China. In 2022, India saw an outflow of 7,500 such individuals.
