Agentic AI is a sophisticated algorithm that can adapt and learn on its own, building on the success of large language models like ChatGPT that require human inputs to train them. Built for a specific field, agentic AI resembles a worker skilled in a certain task—such as customer service, invoicing and more—and operates as a…
The popularity of passive investing among investors who seek low-cost automation solutions has surged through the use of index funds together with Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Most investors choose passive funds since they provide broad market coverage at lower operating expense levels. Some investors miss crucial threats that exist in their investments. This article investigates passive…
India is charting an ambitious course toward its vision of a $30-trillion economy by 2047. To realize this, India must sustain double-digit growth over the next two decades. Hitherto, services sector has been the engine that has powered the economy, but manufacturing sector must also fire up for this vison to become a reality. Manufacturing…
With a new RBI governor at the helm, the MPC will consider the latest information on consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation and GDP growth available since the last meeting. Average headline CPI inflation in the third quarter of 2024-25 at 5.6% was well above the target, though in line with RBI’s baseline estimate. The National…
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have withdrawn â‚ą64,156 crore from the Indian equities market so far in January 2025, in an unabated exodus amid Rupee depreciation, rise in United States bond yields and expectations of an overall tepid earnings season, according to a PTI report. The selling shows a reversal in investor sentiments since December 2024,…
AWS Global Public Policy vice president Michael Punke met with Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu and officials at World Economic Forum (WEF) annual conference 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Tech behemoth Amazon Web Services (AWS) agreed to invest Rs. 60,000 crore in data…
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Do people see residential property as a utility or an investment? Hong Kong’s property tycoons are racing to find out. Consider Uptown East in Kowloon Bay, developed by Wong Sun Hing Ltd. Its latest pre-sales pitch included a so-called “super flex stage payment plan”, where buyers only need to put down 5%…
Policymaking is all about trade-offs. The upcoming budget faces an acute policy trade-off between nurturing the fading growth and diminishing fiscal space with challenging debt dynamics. At the same time, renewed uncertainties around global markets and ensuing tighter financial conditions would also weigh on the fiscal reaction function. The role of fiscal policy becomes more…
These are important parameters and merit close attention to understand the economy’s growth path. But there is another factor that will play a vital role in the budget-making process and decide the trajectory of all these critical macro-economic parameters. It is called the political economy. There are many definitions, but, in simple terms, political economy…
At 6.4%, India’s likely growth rate for 2024-25 as estimated by the National Statistics Office, would be lower than not just earlier estimates, but even the recently revised estimate of the central bank. Mint columnist Vivek Kaul has pointed out how non-financial listed companies have struggled to grow net sales by just a percentage point…
