Economy - Finshots

An explainer on the Locust plague

An explainer on why locusts are ravaging the Indian agricultural economy.

How will India emerge from this lockdown?

The economic consequences once we emerge from the lockdown.

Economic parallels for Covid-19 pandemic

Why the economic scenario today resembles that of a wartime economy?

Why the 21-day lockdown is inevitable?

Why Prime Minsiter Modi had no option except declaring a 21 day lockdown?

Why is Japan teetering on the edge of a recession?

All the things that led up to Japan's economic woes simplified.

Why the Gold Discovery claim in Sonbhadra was always suspect

Lessons from the short lived gold rush in Uttar Pradesh.

The Economic Angle in the Coronavirus Pandemic

What is the economic impact of the Coronoavirus pandemic?

The Cost of Bushfires

What's the price we pay when we leave climate change unchecked?

The Cost of War

What's the economic fallout going to look like if and when Iran and USA go to war?

A prescription to fix the Economic Mess

How does one solve the Four Balance Sheet problem? A finshots guide to help you understand Arvind Subramanian's prescription for the economy.

The Great Slowdown is here

A simplified guide to the four balance sheet problem.

Why is everyone threatening us with a downgrade? Why?

What happens when S&P decides they might choose to downgrade our sovereign rating?

The Hong Kong Protests Simplified

An explainer on the Hong Kong demonstrations and the ensuing economic fallout in 3 minutes.

India's Economic Woes and Potential Fixes

How do you fix the GDP problem plaguing the country?

A prescription from Dr. Manmohan Singh

Dr Manmohan Singh’s scathing commentary on the state of Indian economy and Flipkart’s foray into food retail.

It just got a little Moody in here

Why did Moody's downgrade India's sovereign rating?

The Real Estate Bailout

A 25,000 Cr bailout package is here. But why did the Real Estate industry need the bailout in the first place?

No such thing as Free Trade

Why did India walk out of the largest free-trade association in the world.

A Big Blow to the Indian Export Industry

Why did the WTO ask India to stop its export subsidy program?

Is the trade war finally coming to an end?

What does it mean when Trumps says we have a deal? Is this the last chapter of the ugly trade war or is it simply smokescreen ?

Why Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Today we try and see why the Indian origin economist was awarded the prestigious Sveriges Riskbank Prize in Economic Sciences aka the Nobel Prize in Economics

Why did Ravi Shankar Prasad make that comment?

What could have led Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to measure economic activity in the country using box office revenues?

The Economic Impact of Climate Change

In today's newsletter we cover the economic impact of climate change and a potential 2500 Crores scam.

Fixing the Real Estate Mess

Now clearly a lot of people were unhappy with the fact that we simply glossed over the recent press conference by Nirmala Sitharaman. So we thought we would revisit the matter once again.

Subscribe to Finshots Daily Newsletter