OPINION
EDITORIAL
A package for farmers
FULL CREDIT TO the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Reserve Bank of India for swiftly coming up with a financial bail-out package for distressed farmers ahead of the kharif sowing season. Farmers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil ...
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BUDGET
Budget: Will high expectations be met?
ON July 8, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, will unveil the Union Budget. Expectations are high, based on the experience with his last "dream" Budget. But, currently Mr Chidambaram has to operate under difficult constraints. Above all, ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
Investor fatigue and mutual funds
IN recent times, the Indian mutual fund industry has drawn lessons from the FMCG sector. The fund-houses, just like the corporate managers of FMCG companies, have introduced new products that are minor variants to the ...
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POLITICS
BJP at sea?
DESPITE the BJP's attempts to present a semblance of solidarity to the outside world, there is no doubt that the party is in for further churning in the months ahead. The most mystifying of all puzzles is why, of all ...
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EDUCATION
Encourage SEZs for education
Special Education Zone institutions should not be confined to segregated areas, but the principles of SEZ would be applicable to them. Such an institution should be deemed to be established in a foreign enclave and, therefore, freed from all domestic controls and restrictions.
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DEBT MARKET
Wimbledon Debentures — A passage to the Centre Court
"FOOLS lend; greater fools repay," goes a Chinese proverb. Borrowing of course is an age-old practice and it has been serving mankind as an admirable and handy tool to tide over pressing needs. But it is ...
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MONETARY POLICY
Fed monetary policy stance — Why 2004 is not 1994
The Federal Reserve may tighten monetary policy by about 50 basis points and not 125, as the market is discounting. There cannot be a repeat of 1994, when US household debt was low, the Federal budget had been turned around, and no labour market arbi trage was available from developing economies. The inflation demon has been slayed. Now, to raise interest rates would be to give life to the demon of deflation, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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