With large parts of the world going to elections this year, it’s worth looking at some of the political shifts that could signal changes in economic policy as well. India has just concluded a mammoth 7-phase election and I have written about its implications for the Indian economy in my previous blog post. Parliamentary elections… Continue reading What EU and UK Elections Could Mean for Their Economies
Now that the first quarter of the calendar year 2024 has ended, it’s worthwhile trying to gauge the state of the global economic recovery from what the corporate earnings seem to be indicating so far. Of course, the March quarter happens to be the last quarter of our fiscal year in India, and we are… Continue reading What Global Inc Is Telling Us About the Economy
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Deciding what to write about in this month’s Owleye column on my blog, I had the general elections in India and the Israel-Gaza war as choices. Not having written about the Middle-East conflict for a few months, and with the war having taken a turn for the worse, the final decision was an easy one.… Continue reading Hounding Gazans Out of Gaza
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In my previous blog post I wrote about how changes in politics and geopolitics the world over can impact the global economy this year and the next few years at least. Now that the Annual Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank have concluded, I thought I’d write about how they see the world… Continue reading The Global Economy According to The IMF and The World Bank
As India prepares to go to the polls tomorrow in the largest democratic exercise in the world, it might be time to also think of elections that have already taken place this year and the others yet to come. I am looking at it from the point of view of the larger political shifts that… Continue reading Where Geopolitics Can Take the Global Economy
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It’s been a long time since I wrote about the European economy, although I do mention it whenever I write about the global economy. The reason I think it needs a dedicated piece this time is because I think that the continent is too caught up in too many things at the moment and the… Continue reading Amid War and Elections, What About Europe’s Economy?
The election juggernaut has begun to roll in India, with the Election Commission announcing the election dates just last week. Hundreds of political parties had already started preparing their candidates list and campaigning months before. In this loud and raucous democracy that we have in India, even the news channels have nothing but politicians campaigning… Continue reading In Big Election Year, Old Wine in Old Bottle
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