A visible hand

The most impressive changes that China has made are in the field of fundamental and applied science and technology. (Reuters)

China began de-risking its economy well before Trump’s trade fury

4 min read . 05 May 2025

In an environment in which the only certainty appears to be uncertainty, one must brace for further price volatility in these liquid markets. (Getty Images via AFP)

It pays to pay attention to market signals flashing red

4 min read . 21 Apr 2025

The US has been running large trade deficits and its dollar has steadily strengthened in a trade-weighted sense for decades. (AFP)

Trump’s weak-dollar approach: Brace for exorbitant disruption

4 min read . 24 Mar 2025

In an inter-dependent world, higher tariffs attract retaliatory levies and in an overall sense restrict trade among nations. (AP)

Trade war: How best to brace for the return of ‘beggar thy neighbour’ policies

4 min read . 10 Mar 2025

Success will be tracked by directional progress and the government’s ability to claim momentum. (AFP)

DOGE can’t really help the US dodge its debt overload problem

4 min read . 24 Feb 2025

The state of Indian states matters and will likely matter even more in the years to come. (ANI Photo)

Watch those disparities: We must track the state of Indian states

4 min read . 10 Feb 2025

We are left only with the US and China as poles that can project power and influence over significantly large swathes of the world.

India must push for faster economic growth as it navigates today’s bipolar world

4 min read . 27 Jan 2025

We have come from a world with a single superpower in America to a live contest between the US and China over territory, influence and technology.

From very likely to less likely, brace for a grab-bag of trends in 2025

4 min read . 13 Jan 2025

The tragedy of today’s anti-establishmentarianism is that it’s an ‘anti’ agenda. It is a disruptive force. (REUTERS)

Trump is playing his anti-establishment cards: We mustn’t follow suit

4 min read . 16 Dec 2024

Synthetic biology is the field that lies at the intersection of biology and engineering.

Long live the life-altering revolution led by artificial intelligence!

4 min read . 02 Dec 2024

Capitalism works best when the institutional structures of a developed economy ensure equality of opportunity, fair competition and a hefty price for violating rules. (Istockphoto)

The Indian economy is yet to fully escape the state’s shackles

4 min read . 18 Nov 2024

Basic education, health and nutrition are key for creating opportunities for development

Education and national development must go hand-in-hand as India emerges

4 min read . 09 Sep 2024

With the award to Indian-American economist Amartya Sen in 1998, the prize committee appeared to signal a recognition of the roots of Economics in moral and social philosophy.

Who could win this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics?

4 min read . 26 Sep 2023

Without shared values, the G20 cannot easily build consensus when the conflict is within itself. (PTI)

A thick alphabet soup of global entities has been getting thicker

4 min read . 12 Sep 2023

When the US announced sanctions on Russia’s dollar reserves following the Ukraine War, only 17% were held in USD with the remaining held in euro, yuan, sterling and gold.

Long live the slowly dying and unlamented US dollar

4 min read . 18 Jul 2023

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (AP)

The chorus of central bankers: Higher rates for longer

4 min read . 03 Jul 2023

The study of human genomics is an evolving revolution

4 min read . 24 Apr 2023

We saw regular old bank failures with modern twists

4 min read . 11 Apr 2023

The US Federal Reserve in Washington, DC (Photo: AFP)

The US Federal Reserve should navigate carefully now

4 min read . 14 Feb 2023

Photo: Bloomberg

Old-fashioned emerging market crises aren’t history yet

4 min read . 31 Jan 2023