No worries on rupee fall: Rangarajan

As usual, featuring Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't disappoint when it comes to tortured metaphors for the U.S. economy. Here's this gem, courtesy of Senator Dan Coats, a Republican from Indiana: THE U.S. ECONOMY IS LIKE A HORSE, BUT ...

The Federal Reserve will keep its policy of monetary stimulus unchanged for the present as low real interest rates have helped support spending on durable goods, such as automobiles, and also contributed significantly to the recovery in housing ...

US stocks edged higher at the open, ahead of highly anticipated testimony in Congress by Fed Chairman Bernanke on the economy and monetary policy. NEW YORK: US stocks edged higher at the open on Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated testimony in Congress by ...

Attributing the decline in economic growth--estimated to be 5% in 2012-13-- to global phenomenon, he said the "slowdown is temporary". Manmohan Singh Indicating that the worst may be over for the Indian economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ...

Opening economy vital to lift people from poverty: Nancy Powell More reforms are needed for India to return to the near 10 per cent growth, and lift people out of poverty, according to U.S. ambassador Nancy Powell. If India is to grow again, support for ...

Political coverage over the past week has focused on a series of stories that reflect negatively on the executive branch - but President Barack Obama's approval ratings have held steady. As of Monday, Obama's Gallup approval rating was 49 percent - ...

Following 2014, the US will draw-down in Afghanistanand the aid thats propped up Pakistans flailing economy could slowly dry up.

Subir Gokarn, 53, is not a typical economist. He is both an economist and a thinker. At the young age of 49 he was appointed the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India and supervised the country's monetary policy. A Fulbright scholar, he also spent a year at the Yale University. It was, thus, quite disappointing that Gokarn, who is now the Director (research) at Brookings India, wasn't given a second term at the RBI, that he so deserved.In an exclusive interview with Sheela Bhatt he shared ...

KOLKATA: US ambasador to India, Nancy J Powell, on Tuesday, said India cannot achieve an accelerated economic growth unless it adopts a more open economy and encourage foreign investment.Addressing representatives from the different