George Mathew is an Associate Editor with The Indian Express, based in Mumbai. A veteran of financial journalism with nearly three decades of experience, he is one of the country’s most authoritative voices on banking, regulation, and the corporate sector.
Expertise & Focus Areas Mathew’s reporting covers the nerve center of India’s economy. His specialized beats include:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI): He has tracked the central bank's policy evolution through the tenures of multiple Governors, offering deep insights into monetary policy, repo rates, and banking regulation.
Banking & Insurance: Extensive coverage of public and private sector banks, non-performing assets (NPAs), and key legislative reforms like the Insurance Amendment Bills.
Corporate Affairs: Mathew frequently breaks major stories related to India's largest conglomerates, with a specific focus on the Tata Group, documenting boardroom shifts and strategic decisions.
Financial Markets: Reporting on the complexities of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), IPOs, and currency fluctuations.
Authoritativeness & Insight With a career dating back to the late 1990s, Mathew possesses a rare institutional memory of India’s financial liberalization and market crises. His work is not limited to daily news; he frequently contributes to the "Explained" section, where he decodes complex financial legislations and market trends for a broader audience. His rigorous reporting has also been featured in scholarly platforms like the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW).
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April 26, 2005 01:26 IST
The battle for Indian skies is hotting up with Kingfisher Airlines of the UB group taking delivery of its first brand new Airbus A-320 aircr...
Tue, Apr 26, 2005
April 25, 2005 00:00 IST
US Federal Reserve may be on an interest rate hiking spree, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) doesn’t seem to be ready for a similar ...
Mon, Apr 25, 2005
April 24, 2005 00:00 IST
If you’re holding 100 shares of Infosys, you would have lost over Rs 15,000 in the last one week. And if you’re an investor of TCS...
Sun, Apr 24, 2005
April 07, 2005 01:32 IST
The recent public offer of Punjab National Bank (PNB) has disappointed investors with the share price falling below the offer price. The PNB...
Thu, Apr 07, 2005
April 02, 2005 00:11 IST
The government, the regulator and investors want it. But it’s early days yet for a rating of initial public offerings (IPOs). The gover...
Sat, Apr 02, 2005
March 23, 2005 00:39 IST
Even as the queue to raise money from the capital markets is getting longer and the stock markets are witnessing a massive correction, most ...
Wed, Mar 23, 2005
March 09, 2005 00:42 IST
If you think corporates have got a bonanza from the Finance Minister’s move to reduce the corporate tax in the Union Budget, it’s ...
Wed, Mar 09, 2005
February 23, 2005 02:04 IST
Uniroyal Marine Exports was quoting at just 25 paise six months ago. But now the share has shot up to Rs 8, showing a gain of 3,100 per cent...
Wed, Feb 23, 2005
February 04, 2005 00:00 IST
In April 2004, farmer Mathew Thomas consumed pesticide in front of a crowd at Mundakkayam town, Kottayam district, Kerala. Reason: he couldn...
Fri, Feb 04, 2005
January 30, 2005 00:00 IST
A correction is nothing more than a Wall Street euphemism for losing a lot of money very rapidly. While it is valuable to debate why it happ...
Sun, Jan 30, 2005
December 30, 2004 01:38 IST
It’s more talk and less action. A couple of years after India Inc tom-tommed the virtues of good corporate governance practices, the re...
Thu, Dec 30, 2004
December 08, 2004 00:25 IST
As much as 86 per cent of Reliance Industries’ long-term investments are parked with Reliance Infocomm and Reliance Communication Infra...
Wed, Dec 08, 2004
November 29, 2004 00:00 IST
Dalal Street displayed marked strength for the better part of the last week despite the controversy over the ‘ownership issues’ of...
Mon, Nov 29, 2004
November 10, 2004 02:16 IST
Companies like Peerless General Finance and Sahara India Financial Corp will soon face much tighter norms and will be required to be far mor...
Wed, Nov 10, 2004
October 17, 2004 00:00 IST
Suresh Shah, a Mumbai-based retail investor, was in a dilemma. Should he sell his shares and book a profit or should he hold on? The reason ...
Sun, Oct 17, 2004
October 12, 2004 01:34 IST
Perform — or perish. This is the message of the Bombay Stock Exchange to erring companies. A record number of 885 companies — most...
Tue, Oct 12, 2004
October 01, 2004 00:01 IST
It’s going to be a new innings for IDBI. The leading term-lending institution which is saddled with huge bad loans will now change trac...
Fri, Oct 01, 2004
September 17, 2004 00:43 IST
Stock market investors are getting richer these days, despite a Communist-supported government at the Centre. The wealth of the investing co...
Fri, Sep 17, 2004
September 15, 2004 00:06 IST
Nagpur Power, a company listed on the Z group — where, to put it mildly, weak companies are listed — of the Bombay Stock Exchange,...
Wed, Sep 15, 2004
September 12, 2004 00:00 IST
It’s really like a pre-Diwali bonanza for some investors. An investor who bought 100 shares of Aban Loyd Chile for Rs 736.70 on August ...
Sun, Sep 12, 2004
September 08, 2004 00:38 IST
In a first, one of Mumbai’s recently-opened commodities exchange has clocked a higher turnover than the 129-year-old Bombay Stock Excha...
Wed, Sep 08, 2004
August 24, 2004 00:00 IST
Bank stocks are losing their shine on stock markets. Bank scrips have witnessed a sustained fall over the last few days, with the combined m...
Tue, Aug 24, 2004
July 31, 2004 00:39 IST
Global Trust Bank, which is being merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce was in danger as early as March 2003 as the bank’s capital adeq...
Sat, Jul 31, 2004
July 27, 2004 01:21 IST
It won’t be cake-walk for Oriental Bank of Commerce on the bad loan front. Global Trust Bank had filed 88 suits to recover a whopping a...
Tue, Jul 27, 2004




