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Mint Explainer | What drove China's trillion-dollar trade surplus-and why it matters

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- China's export machine is powering ahead even as the US tries to slow it down. Despite some of the steepest tariffs ever imposed by Washington, Chinese exports kept rising this y... Read More


Mint Explainer | GDP at 8.2%, fiscal deficit rising: What it means for the Indian economy

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Multiple sets of economic data have been released over the past few days-from gross domestic product (GDP) growth figures to the latest fiscal deficit numbers. Mint breaks them do... Read More


Arunachalam Vellayan (1953-2025): A tall leader known for his visionary bets

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- His friends and peers called Arunachalam Vellayan (72), former chairman of Murugappa group who passed away in Chennai on Monday, a man with a high level of business acumen and an... Read More


Nara Lokesh's $1 trillion investment target: How 'speed of doing business' is transforming Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada/Chennai, Nov. 17 -- Sometime in August 2024, Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh's minister for human resources development (HRD), information technology (IT) and electronics, offered to drive Tata... Read More


Can NDA transform Bihar from a labour supplier to a job creator?

New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- On paper, Bihar's economic performance has been decent. Its economy has grown 3.5 times from Rs.2.5 trillion in 2011-12 to 8.5 trillion in 2023-24. Per capita income has grown ei... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why India's tariff-hit exporters need urgent help

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- At a macro level, merchandise exports are holding up despite the stinging 50% tariff imposed by the US-India's largest trading partner. But a closer look at the numbers reveals gr... Read More


Mint Explainer | Has Kerala really eradicated extreme poverty?

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Kerala government's claim that it has eradicated extreme poverty in the state has been met with scepticism among economists and other experts. They have questioned the empiric... Read More


Mint Explainer | The race to break China's rare earth stranglehold

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- In recent weeks, the US has signed multiple deals to source rare earth minerals. India too has been active as are several other nations. Mint explores the chances the world has t... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why China and the US are ratcheting up their trade war again

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- China and the US are at it again, threatening each other with tariffs and other punitive measures. Mint delves into the latest escalation in their ongoing trade war, what trigger... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why Trump's tariffs have not crippled the global economy yet

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- In April, after US president Donald Trump unveiled the so-called 'liberation day' tariffs, fears of a global trade collapse and a looming recession were widespread. Six months on... Read More