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Why choking growth will not help save the rupee

Is there a way out of this mess or is time the only healer? The latter seems to be the more plausible answer but pain caused by the current economic conditions will be high.

Only reining in dollar demand, building buffers will help rupee now

What do we do about the rupee? This is a question that is nagging everyone because notwithstanding all the measures that have been invoked so far to stabilise the rupee, it just keeps slipping downwards.

Raghuram Rajan as RBI chief may have some surprises up his sleeve

He takes over the reins of the central bank at a time when the economy is going downhill, the Indian Rupee (INR) is on a free fall, equity and bond markets are nervous and the government at the centre wants quick fixes before the 2014 general elections.

Phaneesh Murthy scandal: Have moral values become irrelevant in the work place?

The message that boards are sending out to the new generation of CEOs is; create valuation for us, we don't give a damn about your value system! And that's tragic.

How IIT-JEE is becoming the stronghold of CBSE, urban students

A statistical analysis of the results of 2012 admission tests by scientists at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata shows that certain Boards, students from high income families, and urban areas bag most of the IITs.

Waiting for Godot: Will RBI's wait for a stable rupee be endless?

The INR has depreciated by over 25 percent over the last couple of years on the back of many factors including fiscal and current account deficits, rising inflation and falling GDP growth, strength in the US economy relative to the rest of the world and expectations of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) withdrawing its asset purchase program sooner than later.

Just like on economy, we need a debate on GM crops too

Why are other scientists, pro or anti-GM, socially insensitive?

Sen and Bhagwati: Why quarrel when both are right?

Just like how both Monetarism and Keynesianism need to be used in harmony depending on circumstances, so should the Sen-Dreze and Bhagwati-Panagariya prescriptions be used together.

Intellectual gluttony: Why is it ok to subsidise gold and not food?

Why do we balk at food subsidy for the poor when we accept every other form of subsidy for the rich - from diesel to power to education?

It's not just Ranbaxy, our health care regulators have failed us too

The Ranbaxy saga of fraud and greed goes beyond that. In India, it shows how our regulators too have failed us.

RBI has given a good entry point for bond fund investors

The long term outlook for bond yields is positive while the short term outlook is uncertain.

Why you are seeing Dubai property ads in Indian media

The US or the UK are doubtlessly closest to the hearts of most Indians hoping to buy property abroad. However, when these are out of reach, Dubai is definitely among the most preferred among realistic property investment destinations for Indians.

Offer for sale route likely for BSE listing

With enough funds in hand, BSE listing essentially for exit to investors<br /><br /> <br /><br />

Two to tango: Nifty ready to rally, Sensex says not yet

Unless the Sensex breaks out we'd be cautious about a market rally. In case the Sensex closes above the 19,800 level, one could go long

Growth, inflation woes: Why the ball is back in govt's court

The green shoots have certainly not appeared and the monsoon period is not exactly the time when there is much private activity. Inflation will stabilize at a higher level once the impact of rupee depreciation gets embedded in the system.

India is still in a bear market rally

India is yet to come out of a five-year bear market as Sensex and Nifty are still down from highs seen in late 2007 and five-year returns are still negative.

Gold: Higher duties will result in more illegal imports

Illegal shipments of gold into the country have started started rising in the last few months after the budget imposed higher import duties on the metal

Chart: Global markets vote down US poll results

A rally in the US markets can be a positive for the Indian markets. Aggressive S&P 500 traders can buy the S&P futures traded on NSE to take advantage of a potential bounce.

RBI Policy impact: No fireworks for markets this Diwali

The markets have nothing to cheer about going forward and will continue to languish until the beginning of 2013 where expectations of rate cuts will start getting priced in to equity and bond levels.

Emkay fiasco: We need a resilient market, not a costly failsafe one

Should a stock market be safeguarded from fat-finger trade errors at high cost or be made resilient to such shocks?

Will the rope trick effect on markets last long?

The Indian investor, who is taking money out of the markets, is looking at the rope trick announcements with skeptical eyes and he or she is not going to rush to the markets in a hurry unless there is a perceived change on the ground.

Fiscal gap: Govt bluffs again, but no one is fooled

Why does the government go on pretending the fiscal deficit is under control when it isn't?

Investor wariness seen rising over Sebi chief 's appointment

The fact that the appointment of the Sebi chief is being investigated raises questions on the businessmen, politician and bureaucrat nexus. This nexus benefits a few at the cost of many and in case of capital markets the cost of the nexus is borne by small investors.

Contrarian view: The charts still favour the Nifty bears

The fundamental view on the markets is that reforms will push up the indices. But the technical charts give us cause for pause.

Investors should position for a resurgent USD

Investors are better off being USD bulls than USD bears going forward and should focus on US influence over the world rather than on the economic issues surrounding the US itself.

87 deals worth $3 bn in April: Deal Street warms up

Jet-Etihad, Unilever, Diageo deals seen boosting inbound activity<br /><br /> <br /><br />

RBI remains a Cassandra, and the rate cut won't help

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?

Shome's tax nirvana: Make India a Mauritius-like haven

The Shome panel wants to dump all capital gains taxes. This means India's tax regime will be like that of Mauritius, a tax haven

China or US woes? Why there is a sell off in emerging market assets

China slowdown is good for lowering inflation expectations as commodity prices are kept down while Bank of Japan will double its monetary base over the next two years. Emerging markets including Indian markets should stabilize and look to strengthen going forward.

Twist in food security debate: Study shows how GM crops improve nutrition

In a study that surveyed over 500 randomly selected small-farm Indian households over seven years, researchers found that as the rate of Indian farmers adopting GM cotton grew, undernourishment in their families dropped.