KEY ISSUES Context. Economic performance has improved over the last year. The recovery is taking hold, although domestic activity remains weak, in part constrained by weak banks and inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Inflation has declined, the current account remains in large surplus,...

1. In der lohnpolitischen Theorie und Praxis orientiert man sich in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland immer noch am anti quierten Modell des "geschlossenen Arbeitsmarktes": Arbeit geber- und Arbeitnehmerkartelle fixieren "autonom" das nationale Reallohn- und das nationale Realgewinnniveau, wo raus...

The macroeconomic policy response in India after the North Atlantic financial crisis (NAFC) was rapid. The overshooting of the stimulus and its gradual withdrawal sowed seeds for inflationary and BoP pressures and growth slowdown, then exacerbated by domestic policy bottlenecks and volatility in...

The inaugural budget of the NDA led government has been a cause of some surprise and disappointment amongst those who were eagerly expecting a new radical dose of neo-liberal reforms. It appeared that the ‘policy paralysis’ of the past government had survive the change brought about...