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📺WATCH: Experts Wendy Cutler, Neelkanth Mishra, Surjit Bhalla & Akshay Mathur break down the recent #tariff announcement by the U.S. and its impact on India and South Asia, highlighting the short- and long-term implications of this decision in an interconnected world economy.

They are facilitators of growth - growth in personal wealth.

The World Bank updates its brief on the state of poverty alleviation in India. - Biggest news: Employment growth outpacing working age population; female participation up. - Extreme poverty down to 2.3% of population; - Poverty down to 28% of population; documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Good to see that extensive work done with Karan Bhasin & Tirtha Das of IIMB has now been vindicated, verified, & supported by World Bank-It has been lonely journey on results countering the nattering nabobs of negativism & brickbats on our research-from both within the Modi

I've been thinking about the question of "Why now?" when it comes to the Pahalgam terror attack. Yes, Pakistan is in a mess and the Pakistani army would like a distraction - but that's not unusual. Pakistan is normally in a mess. Here's the only logical answer that I can come

I would not be surprised if one casualty of the recent India-Pakistan shooting match is the Quad. China unambiguously backed Pakistan, its most important client state. Can anyone honestly claim that India’s “Quad partners” unambiguously backed India? To clarify, I’m not

Why Pakistan's return to terrorism? Some clues lie in the ongoing, and by some indicators, rapid return to normalcy in Kashmir - and the deteriorating deterioration of Pakistan's economy tribuneindia.com/news/comment/k…

Superbly articulated by Priyanka Joshi. "The world doesn’t know what to do with India. We don’t fit their neat little boxes. We’re not white. We’re not monotheistic. We’re not ex-colonizers or submissive ex-colonized. We are something they can’t decode. We are too many things

with @lounganiprakash & Karan Bhasin The world has turned, at least for the last 25 years - the times have changed decisively; when will economists (& central bankers?) begin to think about the changed dynamics of inflation & its determinants? cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Impunity allows sexual harassers and rapists in the country to be emboldened and flourish. No wonder we have seen zero change since 2013. Scan any newspaper any day for evidence.

India GDP in $ did not exceed Japan GDP as hurriedly claimed by Niti Aayog CEO; & unlikely to do so till March 2026 - unless the rupee appreciates against the yen by March 2026 Read to find out the gory details in theprint! theprint.in/opinion/indias…

No one had more cumulative influence on the macroeconomic policy makers of the last generation than Stanley Fischer. Central Bank governors Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi and Kazuo Ueda were his students, as were many others like me, who served in other capacities. We all were shaped

The PRC is throttling India's efforts to become a global manufacturer. Xi Jinping explained why five years ago in Qiushi. 实体经济是基础，各种制造业不能丢，作为14亿人口的大国，粮食和实体产业要以自己为主，这一条绝对不能丢。 Or roughly: "The real economy is the foundation, and we

Stan Fischer - A Three Dimensional Bradman, a pinnacle reached by very few – indeed I don’t know of any other. First, he was Every (wo)man’s economist. Second, the go-to person on policy. Third, and most important, his humaneness. There won't be another Stan.

Most enjoyable eminar with excellent questions. Everybody has ideology. But the way we are using it has radically changed around the now polarized world - and is problematical. I illustrate with the narrative about an imminent recession in the US, & job growth in India.

One of the single most important questions of the next few years is whether the U.S. and China can rebalance their economic relationship. Chinese leaders want their economy to focus on more consumption while US leaders want their economy to focus on more production. These goals

Watched the entire Australia South Africa match. When it ended, I cried along with Maharaj. Victory for all - SA, cricket, possibly even Australia

"If I knew that I was going to die today, I think I should still want to hear the cricket scores," mathematician G.H. Hardy. Remark to his sister while he was ill, likely in his final days.

This article highlights the substantial and substantive changes taking place with regard to gender parity in India

Would be interesting to compare and add China plus Russian involvement since the multipolar world started in 2000 - Hope that in the interests of full disclosure China publishes that info; and also how much of the debt of poor nations is Chinese.