Economy

February 4, 2024

Economy: A single hold-all measure like GDP is a camouflaging device

3 February 2024: There are well-known problems associated with the concept of gross domestic product (GDP) as well as with...

July 24, 2023

ECONOMY: Falling profit rate vis-a-vis economic motive for profit

Some theories predicting falling tendency of the rate of profit are not a prediction of what would happen over time...

June 12, 2023

Indian refiners buying oil from Russia make good economics: Global energy analyst

From less than one per cent share in India’s crude market in February 2022, Russia’s contribution to the country’s oil...

May 15, 2023

Connections that threaten Asian growth

Many Asian economies may not realise their full potential unless they roll back the mutually beneficial links between business and...

March 10, 2023

Bangladesh ‘new heights’ amidst Pakistan’s economic collapse

Pakistan’s economy is on the brink of bankruptcy like Sri Lanka’s. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen below $3 billion....

March 5, 2023

How healthy are India’s 104 billion people?

India is now the world’s most-populous country with over 1.4 billion people — 5 million more than in China. But...

January 19, 2023

News Analysis: China’s economy is on rebound

The heart of the matter is that China’s GDP growth of 3% translates as a year-on-year expansion of its economy...

December 24, 2022

IMF predicts 6.1 % Real GDP growth for India in 2023-24

WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2022: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Real GDP to grow at 6.1 % in...

September 13, 2022

The unfulfilled promises of independent Pakistan

SINGAPORE, 6 September 2022: Pakistan celebrated 75 years of independence in August 2022. But the past few decades have been...

September 5, 2022

Shiekh Hasina rules out Sri Lanka type crisis in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has ruled out a Sri Lanka-type economic meltdown in Bangladesh. Sri Lanka had recently massive...