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Former IMF Chief Economist Calls For Higher Central Bank Intervention Thresholds After Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole Speech: 'As With Forest Fires, Small Conflagrations Can Prevent Larger One'
Monday, August 26, 2024 - 9:07am | 579Read More...Raghuram Rajan, former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former RBI Governor has urged central banks globally to raise their intervention thresholds. This recommendation comes in the wake of Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole. What Happened: Rajan praised the U....
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Is India's 7.3% Growth Worth An Investment?
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 8:15am | 792Read More...With economic growth slowing worldwide in 2019, investors looking for growth sources have been forced to get creative. Ongoing concerns about the outcome of the Sino-American trade war have clouded the outlook for the Chinese market, but India has the sixth-largest economy in the world and is...
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India's Central Bank On China: 'There Is Underlying Growth'
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 2:20pm | 162Read More...India's central bank government, Raghuram Rajan, spoke to Bloomberg Television on Thursday. Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Rajan discussed China's economy. According to the central banker, China's economy is "not falling off a cliff" and...
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For ETF Investors, BRIC Is Really Just India
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 3:56pm | 592Read More...This year's failings of the Brazil, Russia, India and China quartet – commonly known as “BRIC” – are well documented. Of the four major single-country BRIC ETFs, the average 90-day return entering Friday was a loss of over 21 percent, more than enough to qualify as a bear...
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Market Primer: Friday, September 20: US Markets Fall As Investors Re-Evaluate
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 6:45am | 1039Read More...US markets leveled out on Thursday after posting record high gains on Wednesday following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain its stimulus spending. Most are expecting to see increased volatility in equity markets on Friday as index managers rebalance their portfolios. Top News...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Thursday, September 5: G20 Summit Underway, Syria Likely To Overshadow Economics
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 6:25am | 1123Read More...A G20 Summit hosted by Vladimir Putin in Russia will get underway on Thursday, although the global economy is not likely to be at the top of the agenda. US President Barack Obama received congressional approval to carry out limited military strikes in Syria, but has yet to convince his...
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Fault Lines In Global Economy Behind Crisis Says University Of Chicago’s Raghuram Rajan (FNM, FRE, GS)
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 5:00pm | 502Read More...As the debate over the reasons behind the financial crisis continues, with the left blaming it on the greedy investment bankers and the right blaming it on the government’s faults, mainly Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE), Raghuram Rajan, professor at University of Chicago’s Booth...
