Udit Misra

In her interview with The Indian Express's Udit Misra, Gita Gopinath, IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, says India needs to create anywhere between 60 to 148 million additional jobs between now and 2030 cumulatively.

At the annual Jackson Hole symposium, Jerome Powell said the ‘time has come' to lower interest rates. While he did not furnish further details, the impacts of Powell's observations will be felt the world over

At the third edition of the IE Thinc: CITIES series, presented by The Indian Express with Omidyar Network India and moderated by Associate Editor Udit Misra, panellists discussed solutions on dealing with climate change in coastal cities

A cut in interest rate typically incentivises economic activity, promotes growth, and increases job creation by making it cheaper for people to borrow money. Conversely, a hike in interest rates or persistently high interest rates tend to drag down economic growth and employment generation.

The laureates in the economic sciences have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity, the Nobel committee said. Societies with a poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate growth or change for the better. Where does India fit into this understanding?

Why have concerns been raised over aging populations in South India? Can people be incentivised to have more babies to impact this trend? What role can internal migration play?

if one looks at the inflation data closely, it becomes clear that high food inflation stung the rural households more than their urban counterparts. Here' how.

But even if Nehru's model was faulty, why wasn't it changed after his death? Why didn't other politicians, civil servants, businesses and policy analysts move away from it? Panagariya's argument is that Nehru was such a tall leader that most politicians of that period had “fully internalised” socialism in their political thought

Like any other trade in life, the relative value of one currency against another depends on which is demanded more. If Indians demand more US dollar than Americans demand the Indian rupee, the exchange rate will tilt in favour of the US dollar

The former RBI Governor spoke about a wide variety of topics ranging from inflation to GDP growth to the impact of possible global trade war under President-elect Donald Trump's second term.