All That Glitters is Gold
The price of gold has risen over 30% this year, aided largely by the global pandemic, COVID-19, which raises the question: why does everyone turn to gold in such uncertain times? The global economy has suffered massively due to the … Continued
Bank Rates- a conundrum
More often than not, the central bank of a country (in India, the Reserve Bank of India or the RBI), grapple with the question of positioning of the repurchase rate (repo rate). The COVID pandemic has brought about quite a … Continued
Game theory- Playing with the big companies
Game theory is also useful in an oligopoly market form. An oligopoly market is where there are a few big firms in the market for a product (for example the automobile industry is an oligopoly as there are only a … Continued
Game theory- not just a game
While browsing through some videos the other day, I came across an interesting experiment. It went as under: A group of people were asked to guess a random whole integer between 0 and 100, The number chosen was to be … Continued
Modern Monetary Theory- theoretical or practical?
Recently, while browsing through BBC’s Business Daily (link at the bottom of the page), I came across an interesting topic – Modern Monetary Theory or MMT for short. I thought I will share my thoughts on my understanding of the … Continued
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian Economy
The corona virus has impacted the world in a big way, especially the economy. The pandemic has caused the globe to go into a lockdown, and economies will have an incredibly tough time trying to reach the same level of … Continued