What is black money and how does it work?
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What is black money and how does it work?

What do we talk about when we talk about black money and money laundering? Well, in India, it has to start with Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher and then gradually move on to Nirav Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi. “With all the kaala dhan they must have stashed in the Swiss Banks, at least 3 of their generations wouldn't have to do any labour!” - being the hackneyed dialogue. 

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What is Cost Push Inflation?
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What is Cost Push Inflation?

We've discussed inflation in a recent blog. It means a reduction in the everyday consumer's purchasing power. This reduction in purchasing power comes from an increase in the prices of goods and services offered in an economy.

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What is FOIR? How to calculate it?
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What is FOIR? How to calculate it?

Loans, debts and everything credit! There are thousands of loans and credit facilities available for people like you and me that we can avail. But at the same time, customers like us are screened under many factors. 

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Taper Tantrum: Everything You Need to Know
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Taper Tantrum: Everything You Need to Know

If you are somewhere connected to the financial industry, you must have gone through this term taper tantrum, haven’t you? You are at the right place to find out everything about taper tantrums. Let’s dive in and decipher this topic. But to understand this term, we need to understand the history of this term as well as what tapering is?

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What is Demand Pull Inflation?
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What is Demand Pull Inflation?

Today’s blog might come off as an Economics class for you, so beware! For here lie the secrets that work the economies of countries. 

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What is Stagflation?
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What is Stagflation?

Economics is the study of commercial activity in an area specifically a country and how the money flows in a country or the value of goods and services produced, distributed and consumed, inflation, cost, industry, demand & supply, per capita income, national income, stages of development in a country and trust me, a lottttttt more! 🤯🤯🤯  It's not wrong to say that economics at its very core is the study of people. Where you can find out what macro and micro factors affect the dynamics of a country. 

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How Gujarat Became the Pharma Hub of India
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How Gujarat Became the Pharma Hub of India

The Covid19 pandemic added some new words to our everyday vocabulary, ‘vaccine’  and ‘jabbed’ being the relevant ones. Team Covishield or Covaxin? Which one are you?

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Everything about the Stock Market Crash 2022!
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Everything about the Stock Market Crash 2022!

We learnt about perishable and non-perishable products in our middle school. We would generally categorize food such as vegetables and fruits as perishable and mostly non-edible things as non-perishable. But this is not middle school and in the finance world, we don’t talk about aloo pyaaz ke dam. 

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Hospitality Industry: An Informational Insight
Business

Hospitality Industry: An Informational Insight

Hello. Would you like something hot or cold to go with your read today? Perhaps, I could interest you in some unknown facts? A little lesson on ‘why the 5-star hotels are losing money’ on the side, maybe?    Let’s talk about the hospitality industry today. A general confusion that persists is that the hotel and the hospitality industry are one and the same, and so must be the travel and the hospitality... But they are not.  Let us look at it this way- if the hospitality industry is a universal set, then the hotel and the travel industry are subsets of it, with many others comprised in it. And if you, my friend, yes YOU, are mathematically challenged just like I am, you’ll have to read further to find out. 

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The Highlights of Union Budget 2022-2023
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The Highlights of Union Budget 2022-2023

Urban Development, Hardcore Digitalization, Sustainable living, Paperless Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and record GST collections. That’s it, my friend, we are talking about the Union Budget 2022-2023 which has been announced by the Honourable Finance Minister. 

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Investor's Psychology

Is India's Education System killing its Economy?

As little kids, we were told that marks are all that matter and if you don’t score well, you won’t be able to survive in this cruel world. That, you will be considered dumb. That, you will have to live a mediocre life in the best possible scenario. And we were given examples of people next door who did not study and are struggling and suffering now. 

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What to expect from The Union Budget 2022
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What to expect from The Union Budget 2022

That time of the year has come when Prime Minister & Finance Minister have started meetings with industry leaders, top entrepreneurs and such, in order to gather their feedback on the state of the economy. Yes, you guessed it right. The Union Budget is around the corner. 

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Brand Games

HUL's first copy: Emami

Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater. Had a brand, but could not keep up.  How do you start your day? I’ll go first. I brush (use the red Closeup), have my morning tea (usually Red Label, occasionally Lipton), shower (Dove, on days I want a milk soap, Pears, on days I want glycerine), and then doll up for office (Lakme). All brands of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

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Factors to consider before taking an education loan
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Factors to consider before taking an education loan

Padhega India tabhi toh badhega India. But quality education has become a luxury to a middle-class person in India. The college admission seasons will be starting shortly in India, and students often find themselves in the dilemma of whether adding to debts is really worth it or whether they are stretching their legs beyond the coverlet.

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Why 2021 is the Golden year for Indian IPO
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Why 2021 is the Golden year for Indian IPO's?

What a remarkable year it is for the Indian stock market. The way it revived from the 2020 crash and reached new heights was spectacular. This journey would have been incomplete without the IPO show. 

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The J-Curve Effect: An Overview
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The J-Curve Effect: An Overview

Every theory in economics provides a rational approach towards decision-making with a number of curves & graphs. Economics is incomplete without a graphical illustration starting from demand curve to yield curve and what not!

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Do Olympic Athletes have to pay Taxes on Awards?
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Do Olympic Athletes have to pay Taxes on Awards?

“...aur fir hum Gold jeetega, aur humara Jhanda lehrayega”

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e-RUPI : Can it revamp India’s Public Distribution System?
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e-RUPI : Can it revamp India’s Public Distribution System?

Ever thought, what if the government gives us money for the vaccine instead of providing vaccines for free?

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