Opinion

Measures such as the introduction of a market-making framework for corporate bonds, the development of total return swaps and bond-index derivatives, incentives for large municipal bond issuances and the creation…

The news comes as a huge relief to Indian exporters, who now have preferential access to two of their topmost export markets—the US and EU—along with others like the UAE…

Reform as a continuous process: A central message of the budget is that reform is not episodic but ongoing. The emphasis on a ‘Reform Express’ underscores an intent to keep…

How does one describe this budget? It comes across as: Contextual: The liberal order that powered growth for decades is under stress. Nations are erecting new walls and there is…

In EU President Ursula von der Leyen’s own words: “We are creating a market of 2 billion people. This is a tale of two giants—the world's second- and fourth-largest economies.…

In an international environment marked by geopolitical fragmentation and contested trade regimes, the ability of the state to act coherently, credibly and predictably has become a binding constraint on development.…

This is puzzling because, on the surface, everything points the other way. Faculty relationships with recent alumni are warm and conversations are ongoing. If loyalty were a simple function of…

The same goes for the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), labelled the “mother of all deals," now that leaders have announced the successful conclusion of negotiations. The enthusiasm is understandable.…

More than three decades ago, the legendary Warren Buffett returned a call to a fact-checker, explaining what he meant when he used the term “elephant-bumping affairs." Buffett was gently deriding…

In his view, this rupture is real and irrevocable and demands both individual and collective action by “middle powers." Deservingly, he has been praised for his courage and clear-headed reading…