Weekly Round - up of Economy and Finance | Ep.29
If you want to measure a nation's prosperity, where do you look ? GDP? Balance of payment? Or should you also count the graves. A new data on suicides in India presents some disturbing facts. Meanwhile, the first quarter results of GDP growth are out. It's an impressive performance, but the devil is in the details. In yet another incident, Sri Lanka gets its first breather as the IMF grants a new loan. Here is your weekly round-up of economy and financeListen Up!Links from the podcast:https://indianexpress.com/article/india/daily-wagers-rise-suicide-2021-ncrb-data-8118526/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/inequality-has-deepened-under-modi/cid/1846864https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/most-suicides-reported-from-maharashtra-8119748/https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/india-s-q1-gdp-disappointing-numbers-122083101122_1.htmlhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-q1fy23-gdp-grows-13-5-govt-data-122083100703_1.html#:~:text=The%20gross%20domestic%20product%20(GDP,16.2%25%20released%20earlier%20this%20monthhttps://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lanka-budget-to-bolster-revenue-and-fight-inflation-as-imf-talks-progress-8120719/ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/imf-sri-lanka-economic-crisis-aid-explained-8124961/ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/economist-abhijit-sen-passes-away-8119885/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/economist-abhijit-sen-believed-in-power-of-policy-to-achieve-growth-and-alleviate-poverty-8121561/
