by Malik Runswick | Mar 26, 2020 | Business News
European governments weighing the economic damage of a mass shutdown against the risk of spreading the new coronavirus were initially hesitant to impose stringent lockdowns and border closures. But as the pace of infections and deaths accelerated, Europe has broadly coalesced around a strategy: Freeze now and worry later about the bill. Their initial hesitation […]
by Malik Runswick | Mar 19, 2020 | Business Ownership
FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank unveiled a new €750 billion ($818.7 billion) bond-buying program aimed at shielding the eurozone economy from the spreading coronavirus, casting aside longstanding taboos to send a determined signal to investors that the bank will...
by Malik Runswick | Feb 22, 2020 | Business News
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s first visit to India next week will do more to highlight his personal diplomacy with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi than it will to address tensions over economic issues. The leaders of the two nations likely will underscore the...
by Malik Runswick | Jan 31, 2020 | Business Ideas
The government does more bad than good through its interventions in the agriculture market, says Economic Survey 2019-20. The stock limits on commodities under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) ‘neither bring down prices nor reduce price volatility’, it says.It...
by Malik Runswick | Jan 31, 2020 | Business Ideas
The Economic Survey on Friday projected India’s economic growth at 6 per cent to 6.5 per cent in the next financial year starting April 1, saying growth has bottomed out.
The growth in 2020-21 compares to a projected 5 per cent expansion...
