The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 04, 2002

Sorry state
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-à-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs. By its Finance Minister's ... More

ECONOMY

RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2000-01 -- A welcome tilt against deflation
Unconstrained by monetarist dogma, the RBI's recent Report on Currency and Finance has been brave enough to bare the difficult choices before the country. It is realistic in regard to the problems posed by fiscal stress and in advocating such options as higher monetisation — options that, alone, can help release the economy from the stranglehold of deflationary pressures, unemployment and lower growth. More

Were 1990s a mere aberration for US?
ON WEDNESDAY, the US Federal Reserve left the funds rate unchanged after lowering it from 6.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent in the course of 2001. The decision was widely expected and hence the market reacted favourably. The Fed is tentative about ... More

Poverty and growth
AT the World Economic Forum meetings in New York, the focus of all attention appears to be the gradual turnaround in the economic fortunes of the US, the consensus being that the recession is on its way out and that the beneficial effects of this ... More

POLICY

Hate campaign?

POWER

Enron exposes several fault lines
NOT A day goes by without another titbit of Enron's malfeasance appearing in the front pages of all the newspapers. Just last week, a former Vice-Chairman committed suicide. According to employees, he was one of the `good guys'. Enron, the US ... More

TRAVEL & PLACES

Breakfast in China

TERRORISM

Will Musharraf endure?
FOR nearly two months now, there have been no major public demonstrations in Pakistan over the US-led `war' against terrorism in Afghanistan and over the co-operation extended to this `war' by Gen Pervez Musharraf. His detention of the leaders of ... More

LETTERS

Small farmers

Private banks

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Sorry state

Some home truths about Chinese threat

VSNL seeking lower `settlement' rate -- Overseas calls set to be cheaper

Wipro campus recruits told to wait till 2003

E-com deals may be kept out of I-T net

NSTL: Making waves in ship design

PSU loan pre-payments come as boon to Govt

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Jan. 27-Feb. 2
Reviving the market by IPOs

Letter of credit: A scam in the making?

Western cow vs Third World farmer

Crystal-gazing the healthcare scene