Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds

Credit markets are becoming increasingly vulnerable to fallout from the emerging trade war. While the media will continue to focus on headline tariff announcements and retaliatory measures, structural risks are emerging. Trade frictions are being transmitted into funding markets, onto corporate balance sheets, and ultimately into broader economic activity. Tariffs risk triggering a credit event…

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar slams opposition to Hindi in schools, says Marathi will still remain top priority

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Budget session of the state Assembly, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has criticised political parties for opposing the move to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools across the State….

Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds

Credit markets are becoming increasingly vulnerable to fallout from the emerging trade war. While the media will continue to focus on headline tariff announcements and retaliatory measures, structural risks are emerging. Trade frictions are being transmitted into funding markets, onto corporate balance sheets, and ultimately into broader economic activity. Tariffs risk triggering a credit event…

Victor David Hanson and his Smoot-Hawley Strawman

Victor David Hanson, a noted military historian turned prolific pro-Trump commentator, said, on the Megyn Kelly Show, he “can’t think of a tariff that caused a major recession or depression.” “[T]hey keep talking about tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, recession, depression,” Hanson exclaimed. “I can’t think of a tariff that caused a major recession or depression….

Govt appoints four new CBDT members

Govt appoints four new CBDT members | Photo Credit: Kesavan A N 1612@Chennai Four new members have been appointed to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) by the Union government. An official order issued on Thursday said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the names…