Kaushik Basu: India is facing ‘gated stagflation’

By Abhinav Singh Published in The week on February 27, 2022 Kaushik Basu, former chief economic adviser to the government and former chief economist of the World Bank, is currently teaching at Cornell University in the US. In an exclusive interaction, he talks about the current challenges before the Indian economy and its future growth prospects. Excerpts:[…]

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Pakistan heading towards record $20bn deficit mark

By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on February 28, 2022 ISLAMABAD: All projections to curtail the rising current account deficit dashed to the ground in the wake of rising international prices; it is being feared that Pakistan is heading towards a historic record of $20 billion deficit mark. In the wake of the ongoing lingering war[…]