What is driving the housing prices in Mumbai?
I have often cribbed about the numerous housing problems in Mumbai (here, here and here). I have been noticing quite a few things lately about the housing market in Mumbai. Houses are similar to...
View ArticleEducation lessons for India from UC Berkeley
Robert Birgeneau,Chancellor of University of California has some valuable lessons for higher education in India. He offers couple of gems: There is a focus on skill development in countries like India,...
View ArticleBan on smoking by celebirities-right or wrong?
India’s Union health minister Ambumani Ramadoss has always expressedstrongly that celebrities like film-stars should be banned from smoking in public domains like movies. He believes it leads to other...
View ArticleAssorted Links
1. Ajay Shah points to some links on India’s fiscal position and hedge funds coming to India 2. MR pointsto Obama’s economic advisers. 3. Econbrowser points to falling housing prices. WSJ Blog has a...
View ArticleFed sees higher inflation low growth
I just missed this analysis. The latest FOMC Minutes of meetings held on January 9, 21, and 29-30, 2008. The last table shows FOMC members expect lower growth and higher inflation: Range 2008 2009 2101...
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1. Bernanke presented his semi-annual testimony and presented the monetary policy to the Congress. WSJ Blog summarizes Bernanke’s testimony. It also points to comments from experts at the Monetary...
View ArticlePrimers on Inflation
There are two good speeches explaining about inflation. First from Fed Governor Mishkin and Second by St Louis Fed President, William Poole. Both are good primers on inflation.
View ArticleSEBI regulates advertisement in Mutual Funds- will it work?
India’s capital market regulator, SEBI has been in an overdrive mode for quite sometime. It has been passing regulations at a great speed. This time it passes a circular on the advertising of Mutual...
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1. Econbrowser has some great commentary on Bernanke’s tightrope walk (balancing both low growth and high inflation) . It says: In any case, the tightrope analogy seems a misleading way to frame the...
View ArticleUnion Budget (2008-09) and Economic Survey (2007-08)
Both highly awaited documents have been released. The Union Budget is here and Economic Survey is here. I will post my comments later. PS: This is a blog post number 500. This is a lot of blogging....
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