The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 25, 2007

ECONOMY
Growth, inflation and interest rates
Oftentimes, inflation is a by-product of growth, as India is experiencing, and the policy response is usually to raise interest rates. But there may be other solutions too that will not slow the economy. More

FOREX
Exports, more than rupee's worth
Global experience has shown that a fixed or rigid exchange rate is a sure recipe for economic problems; — in extreme cases, as in several Latin American countries, it may also assume disastrous proportions. Equally, a fully flexible ... More

POLITICS
Three years of UPA Government — Importance of looking earnest
Anniversaries are reckoning moments. Behind the glittering lights of urban prosperity lies the dark hinterland of slumbering growth and despairing poverty that the UPA Government, like its predecessors, has ignored. Simply appearing earnest with the right budgetary rhetoric does not create jobs and re-affirm the spiritless farmer's faith in life, says ASHOAK UPADHYAY. More

A new Raja
Andimuthu Raja has been a Central Minister for many years, but it was only after he stepped into the Telecom and IT portfolio that he is suddenly in the limelight. At the third anniversary dinner of the United Progressive Alliance government ... More

Fuelling speculation
At a recent function in the capital, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora inadvertently let out what was pre-occupying his mind. Asked by a scribe about the possible line-up for the Presidential polls, Deora rattled off saying it was all speculation ... More

A taste of mangoes
What is the difference between a Cabinet Minister and a Minister of State? Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath, has just added a new dimension to it. Spotted at the Prime Minister's dinner, journalists expressed surprise that the Minister ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS
ECB curbs and market-control measures — Does the RBI have a choice?
Given the current state of market development and the multiple responsibilities which the RBI shoulders, resorting to direct market-control measures does appear inevitable. More

PEOPLE
Exit Paul Wolfowitz
What havoc a wrong choice can cause! It is not as if the tumultuous two years in the World Bank, thanks to the working style of its President, Mr Paul Wolfowitz, were not foreseen: Even at the time of his ... More

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