Monetary Policy – Has it entered an “accommodative” phase??
The monetary policy committee’s decision to cut repo rate by 25 basis points was almost a certainty and did not come as a surprise. With inflation remaining subdued for quite…
RBI’s 12th Feb Circular – Understanding the Supreme Court’s Ruling
In an important ruling, the Supreme Court has quashed RBI’s circular dealing with loan default and initiation of insolvency process. The ruling has received widespread attention as it deals with…
Understanding Rural Income Pattern (Part I)
The distressful condition of poor in general and rural population in particular has become an important issue during this election and desirably so. However, while data on income level and…
Weekly Round Up – Week 13
Major events of the week are RBI conducts successful dollar-rupee swap to inject liquidity, the first of its kind, lenders take control of Jet Airways, sale of stake by GMR…
Brexit – Understanding The Process And The Roadblocks
UK’s exit from EU has reached a nerve wrecking stage after EU rejected UK’s request for three month extension. The British parliament is now voting again on what sort of…
Corporate Battle – Can L&T Wrest Mindtree??!
Share purchase agreement for 20.3% stake in Mindtree between Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and an existing investor is the beginning of an interesting takeover bid. The bid is generating lot…
Corporate Analysis – Maruti Suzuki
After growing its profits at almost 30% during FY14-18, Maruti Suzuki seems to have hit a speed-breaker. Profits for nine months ending Dec’18 recorded decline, although marginally at 2.3%. Sales…
Weekly Round Up – Week 12
Major events for the week are release of trade data for the period April’18-Feb’19 showing sharp increase in merchandise trade deficit, worsening of crisis in Jet, a ‘hostile’ bid by…
Weekly Round Up – Week 11
While the developments in the policy front was subdued with the announcement of general elections, corporate front saw a flurry of activity. Important among them were Airtel’s rights issue to…
Weekly Round Up – Week 10
While domestic economy & business witnessed subdued activity, International economy saw significant movement. Most notable of these were UK’s struggle to achieve an orderly “Brexit”, thaw in US China trade…