Striking a hopeful note, International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees a ‘gradual strengthening’ of global economy in the new year, as constraints on...

In a ‘business as usual’ fashion, the UPA government’s pre-budget discussions, that are now on, are mainly designed to keep up pretentions that this...

The US Congress approval of a deal sparing the middle class from tax rise but letting the wealthy pay the higher pre-Bush rates—a personal victory for...

The Reserve Bank of India, in its mid-quarter policy review, as 2012 winds down, has left all key rates of interest unchanged but provides a clear...

Asia suffered a marked slowdown in 2012 amidst continuing global economic uncertainties and their spillovers in trade and finance, but a modest...

The Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s overdrive since the beginning of August, with policy refinements for improving the savings-investment climate and...

The burst of ‘reforms’ unleashed by United Progressive Alliance-II, with a sense of desperation to manage a largely home-grown crisis, has had its...

The International Monetary Fund [IMF] has sharply revised down its global growth projections in one of its most objective post-crisis economic outlook...

Political tensions continuing unabated with the washout of the monsoon session of the Parliament and the prospect of the next election being advanced...

The Congress, humbled as never before, has now realised what its post-2009 complacency and lethargic governance had cost the country in macro-economic...

The World watches with expectations and concerns one of the closest electoral battles in the most powerful United States as President Barack Obama,...

After a traumatic August with Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev fasts and with them delivering ultimatums to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance...