When nominal GDP grows fast (due to inflation, indirect tax changes, subsidies, etc.), real growth gets boosted when deflators understate inflation. If input cost inflation is high, but the deflator ...
Festive spending surges with GST cuts and supportive RBI policies, but growth continues to be below aspirations ...
The ‘liberation day’ sell-off increased the value proposition of non-U.S. markets, particularly in Europe and Asia. This is no longer the case.
The Fed’s employment-first stance and reliance on R-Star risk credibility as inflation stays elevated and growth remains strong. Check out this critical policy analysis.
Oxford Economics chief U.S. economist Ryan Sweet estimates that even a partial shutdown reduces GDP growth by 0.1-0.2 percentage points per week. To put that into context, the longest shutdown on ...
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Dose of caution in the optimism

The MPC’s rate-cut pause is prudent as it waits for clarity on the impact of a host of factors — US tariffs to GST cuts — on the economy ...
Let's start with the boldest claim first - it's not just that AI is in a bubble, but one 17 times size the dot-com bubble, and even four times bigger than the 2008 global real estate one.
Ghana’s economy has weathered significant challenges since 2022, including high inflation, heavy debt, and fiscal consolidation under an IMF program. Inflation peaked above 50% in late 2022 but fell ...
The cost of government borrowing has rocketed higher in France after its new prime minister resigned hours after appointing his new cabinet. Bond yields surged and French stock markets sank after ...
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Taxation or over-taxation?

Ghana’s economy has weathered significant challenges since 2022, including high inflation, heavy debt, and fiscal consolidation under an IMF program. Inflation peaked above 50% in late 2022 but fell ...
By Ben Aris in Berlin The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a ...
The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas:. Against this backdrop, the FOMC recently voted to cut interest rates for the first time in nine months, and FOMC ...