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Udit Misra is Senior Associate Editor. Follow him on Twitter @ieuditmisra
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GDP: What ails Germany, world’s third-largest economy, and how it could grow
November 14, 2025 13:18 IST
In Explained’s weekly column, ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra explains that without attempts to improve growth, India will easily overtake Germany in terms of overall GDP size. What brought it to this stage?
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: As Trump ends US govt shutdown, understanding its causes and why India never faces such a deadlockSubscriber Only
November 14, 2025 07:05 IST
The US government shuts down when Congress fails to pass the Budget by October 1. The recent shutdown was the longest ever.
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
Breakneck by Dan Wang: What the US can learn from China to maintain its supremacy
November 07, 2025 21:53 IST
Dan Wang’s Breakneck argues that China’s engineer-led culture builds rapidly while America’s lawyerly elite obstructs progress.
Thu, Nov 13, 2025
GDP: Examining latest GST collections, and where different states stand on revenue
November 07, 2025 14:25 IST
In Explained’s weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra contextualises recent GST data. Despite large collections for October, 20 states have collected less revenue than in the era of pre-GST taxes.
Fri, Nov 07, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: Has Bihar’s growth reduced the gap with the rest of India?Subscriber Only
November 06, 2025 13:46 IST
Bihar manufacturing growth, Bihar growth rate analysis: Bihar’s overall base of economic activity is small. Its growth rates can thus flatter to deceive. With elections around the corner, we look at the state when compared to others like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Kerala.
Fri, Nov 07, 2025
How ‘socialist’ is Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York?
November 05, 2025 13:54 IST
Zohran mamdani socialist, democratic socialism in New York: Mamdani’s detractors believe his policy prescriptions could spell doom for the city that never sleeps, pushing out businesses while saddling the running of the city with excessive government controls and taxation
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
How Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the US the mostSubscriber Only
October 31, 2025 12:58 IST
In Explained’s weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra breaks down how US tariffs have increasingly impacted the domestic economy, and that of countries like China. This is also likely why their leaders recently met to manage their trade issues.
Fri, Oct 31, 2025
ExplainSpeaking | Piyush Goyal says India will be a $30 trillion economy in 25 years: Decoding the projectionsSubscriber Only
October 30, 2025 17:09 IST
Given that economic growth rate and the size of the economy is a big enough variable determining India’s trading stance, it is worth examining how likely it is for India to become a $30 trillion economy in the next “20-25 years”.
Sat, Nov 01, 2025
On countries becoming more debt-ridden, and why that has far-reaching consequencesSubscriber Only
October 24, 2025 11:05 IST
In Explained’s weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra breaks down how high deficits and public debts can impact countries and tax-payers over a long period, and the global trends in recent years.
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
Explained: The private sector (lack of) investment problemSubscriber Only
October 20, 2025 07:15 IST
The government has rapidly increased its expenditure on creating physical infrastructure and brought in several policies to boost consumption. Yet, private sector investments into the economy are lagging
Mon, Oct 20, 2025
On the loss of Europe’s competitive edgeSubscriber Only
October 17, 2025 12:26 IST
In Explained’s new weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra looks at the lowered economic competitiveness of Europe, which essentially ran the world until a century ago.
Sat, Oct 18, 2025
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2025: How the winners explained economic growth becoming the new normalSubscriber Only
October 13, 2025 18:56 IST
The work of the newly minted Nobel laureates lies at the heart of many of the burning debates at present. Should governments subsidise R&D in companies? Should they subsidise social welfare?
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
On India’s GDP growth trajectory, compared to Pakistan, China and the USSubscriber Only
October 10, 2025 07:00 IST
In Explained’s new weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra looks at the size of India’s GDP growth in recent decades, in relation to a few other countries.
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
ExplainSpeaking | The lingering worry for India’s growth: Tepid investments by private sectorSubscriber Only
October 09, 2025 13:04 IST
When the private sector enthusiastically invests in the economy, there is less pressure on the government to be the prime mover through tax cuts or other means. Where does India’s private investment stand at the moment?
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
On declining inflation, improving consumer confidenceSubscriber Only
October 03, 2025 08:44 IST
In Explained’s new weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra looks at inflation and consumer confidence, and provides key takeaways from latest RBI data.
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: The curious case of India’s economic growthSubscriber Only
October 02, 2025 09:02 IST
While official data show that India’s 'real' GDP growth has been on the upside more often than not, most of the big policy moves over the past couple of years have essentially been about giving some tax relief or the other in a bid to boost overall demand and raise India’s consumption levels
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
GDP (Graphs, Data, Perspectives): On the weakness of the RupeeSubscriber Only
September 26, 2025 16:13 IST
While a weaker currency makes imports from the rest of the world costlier, it has a silver lining, too. What do data tell us about the rupee's position in recent months, and what would it take for things to turn around?
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: Understanding US Fed’s dual mandate dilemma through 6 quotes from Jerome PowellSubscriber Only
September 19, 2025 10:11 IST
Political pressures aside, the US Fed faces a difficult predicament with inflation and unemployment rising at the same time. Put simply, it cannot address one problem without making the other worse.
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: Why trading with China, as against the US, poses more challenges for IndiaSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 09:30 IST
If protecting its domestic producers (be it in manufacturing or in other sectors) is the central goal of Indian policymakers then choosing China over the US for trade may be akin to jumping out of the frying pan into the fire
Sat, Aug 30, 2025
Top 5 questions on Donald Trump’s tariffs, and how The Indian Express answered themSubscriber Only
August 27, 2025 21:38 IST
Why is Trump indiscriminately slapping tariffs on countries around the world? Are his actions legal? Why aren’t other countries tariffing the US in retaliation? Is the US winning this tariff war? When will the tariff chaos end? Check out the answers
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
Why Donald Trump’s firing of a Fed Governor mattersSubscriber Only
August 27, 2025 06:52 IST
Cook, who has not been charged with wrongdoing or convicted of a crime, said “no cause exists under the law” to remove her, and that she would not resign.
Wed, Aug 27, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: How Trump’s tariffs are hurting the US economySubscriber Only
August 21, 2025 15:27 IST
US tariffs impact 2025, Trump tariffs US economy: Trump and his supporters have claimed that far from the apocalyptic collapse many mainstream economists foresaw under the new tariff regime, the US economy has remained robust. We evaluate this claim over key macroeconomic variables and assess if, and how far, have tariffs hurt the US economy.
Sun, Aug 31, 2025
‘Secession of the Successful’: Sanjaya Baru’s new book on why the brightest are leaving New IndiaSubscriber Only
August 17, 2025 07:19 IST
Unlike the past when either Indians left as indentured labourers or as skilled professionals, it is the wealthy who are now fleeing the country
Mon, Aug 25, 2025
ExplainSpeaking: What Trump’s tariff abuse teaches IndiaSubscriber Only
August 08, 2025 06:30 IST
Experts suggest that the 50% tariffs could result in India’s GDP falling by more than half a percentage point. But, Trump is not singling out India, and India should not impose retaliatory tariffs. Here's why.
Fri, Aug 08, 2025
Is India’s economy ‘dead’ as Donald Trump claimed?Subscriber Only
August 02, 2025 07:10 IST
Trump says India’s economy, the fastest growing in the world, is ‘dead’. Here’s how India stacks up against other countries on growth. But the data also show significant concerns for India on a range of indicators
Sun, Aug 03, 2025Journalism of Courage
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