http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/business/rbi-remains-a-cassandra-and-the-rate-cut-wont-help-751499.html#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 03:10:52 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=751499 The RBI is clearly not convinced that the inflation genie has been put back in the bottle. But why then did it cut the repo rate in a way that will impact neither growth nor inflation expectations? ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/rbi-remains-a-cassandra-and-the-rate-cut-wont-help-751499.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/normal-monsoon-why-it-means-almost-nothing-now-733147.html#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:28:03 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=733147 We should read the IMD's monsoon forecast with caution. It does not tell us that things will be normal in terms of rainfall, crop output or prices. But in its absence we would have to worry. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/normal-monsoon-why-it-means-almost-nothing-now-733147.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/when-it-comes-to-leading-bjp-why-the-cap-only-fits-modi-682356.html#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:28:57 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=682356 Despite some carping and sniping, only Narendra Modi seems capable of leading the BJP in the next general elections. Here's why.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/when-it-comes-to-leading-bjp-why-the-cap-only-fits-modi-682356.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-we-do-indeed-need-the-food-security-bill-675802.html#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:57:31 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=675802 Food subsidies and NREGA are costs, but they should not be seen as a burden. Inefficiencies in the system, of course, need to be fixed.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-we-do-indeed-need-the-food-security-bill-675802.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-union-budget-2013-growth-numbers-look-a-bit-shaky-644044.html#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:30:36 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=644044 The budget will not do much to turn around either savings or investment, but it does balance the priorities fairly]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-union-budget-2013-growth-numbers-look-a-bit-shaky-644044.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/clear-message-from-economic-survey-budget-2013-will-be-cautious-641865.html#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:28:23 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=641865 The Economic Survey does the usual job: paints the facts as they are, and give us a picture of concerns and challenges. And all the signs in this one are that the budget is likely to be a cautious one. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/clear-message-from-economic-survey-budget-2013-will-be-cautious-641865.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/forget-wpi-we-are-in-a-high-food-inflation-economy-626809.html#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:30:06 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=626809 The fall in the wholesale price index brings no relief to the common man. The problem is really food inflation, but government policies are stoking it]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/forget-wpi-we-are-in-a-high-food-inflation-economy-626809.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-cad-is-bad-subbarao-spots-a-new-thing-to-fret-about-610923.html#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:29:19 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=610923 After an obsessive focus on inflation, the RBI has brought out a new rabbit to worry out: the current account deficit. But this is for real]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/why-cad-is-bad-subbarao-spots-a-new-thing-to-fret-about-610923.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-india-remains-a-functioning-anarchy-even-now-594235.html#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:31:31 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=594235 Indian functions because of its people and not its government or its institutions.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-india-remains-a-functioning-anarchy-even-now-594235.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/cad-were-up-the-creek-only-foreigners-can-lend-us-a-paddle-577459.html#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:44:59 +0000 Madan Sabnavis http://www.firstpost.com/?p=577459 The external front has never been more worrisome - and we can't do a thing without foreign inflows.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/cad-were-up-the-creek-only-foreigners-can-lend-us-a-paddle-577459.html/feed 0