Focusing on the recent increase in gold prices, the basic objective of the paper is to predict changes in the price of gold and to examine the relationship that exists between commodity prices and macroeconomic variables in the Indian context. The variables considered are: commodity prices as...

With the changing scenario of the banking industry in the liberalized era, the importance of improved performance has assumed a critical significance for the viability of commercial banks operating in India. The objective of the present chapter is to get the financial performance score (one type...

This paper analyses the market structure of Indian banking, with particular reference to market concentration. The most widely used measure of market concentration, the concentration ratio. While useful as a starting point, the concentration ratio has important limitations as a measure of market...