Roshan Kishore is the Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times. His weekly column for HT Premium Terms of Trade appears every Friday.
Articles by Roshan Kishore
Terms of Trade: On secularism, there is no going ‘back to the future’
The fight for secularism about building a dynamic and nimble consensus absolutely essential to hold the socio-economic fabric together
Published on Dec 13, 2024 11:52 AM IST
Number Theory: Shaktikanta Das signs off from Mint Street
How will Das’s stint as the RBI governor be remembered ? Here are four charts which try and answer this question
Published on Dec 11, 2024 10:47 AM IST
Number Theory: US vs China: the rivalry of the 21st century
What are the defining features of this rivalry? Here are three charts that describe this in detail
Published on Dec 10, 2024 09:37 AM IST
Number Theory: Reading GDP numbers with consumer sentiment data
Here are three charts which offer a glimpse into what might be happening in the economy
Published on Dec 09, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Terms of Trade: The great Indian political economy drama in six acts
India’s growth prospects are likely to remain bullish in the future but bearish compared to the past; nobody talks about double digit growth rates anymore
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 12:52 PM IST
Number Theory: Devendra Fadnavis and Maharahstra politics in three charts
What will be his major challenge in second term as chief minister? Here are three charts which answer these questions
Updated on Dec 05, 2024 09:14 AM IST
5.4%: Q2 GDP growth slowest in seven quarters
India's GDP grew 5.4% in Q2, below forecasts, due to weak manufacturing and consumption amid high inflation and borrowing costs.
Updated on Nov 30, 2024 04:56 AM IST
Number Theory: What explains the JMM’s massive victory in Jharkhand?
After all, the JMM alliance won the elections even in 2019 and the BJP alliance has largely maintained its seat tally between 2019 (25) and 2024 (24)
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 10:41 AM IST
Number Theory: What explains BJP’s massive victory in Maharashtra?
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Published on Nov 28, 2024 09:46 AM IST
Number Theory: How Congress lost the plot and slumped to its lowest Maha tally
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Published on Nov 26, 2024 09:52 AM IST
What changed the fortunes of alliances in Maharashtra
The BJP has turned the tables and now it looks like the Congress is left without any worthy allies in the state.
Updated on Nov 25, 2024 04:13 AM IST
Number Theory: Three charts which explain the election results
What explains these results? Here are three charts that give an idea.
Published on Nov 24, 2024 03:28 PM IST
Three key insights to decode the mandate in Maharashtra, Jharkhand
Welfare, freebies, doles, whatever one may choose to call it, is becoming an indispensable part of electoral strategy in most parts of India
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 07:14 AM IST
Maharashtra: What changed between Lok Sabha, state polls
The biggest factor behind the assembly election results is the Mahayuti taking a massive lead in terms of vote share over the MVA, the respective numbers being 51.3% and 35.4% respectively.
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 07:12 AM IST
Results show Congress still far behind BJP
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections revealed stark political polarization, with the BJP-led NDA dominating, while Congress struggles within the INDIA alliance.
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 05:10 AM IST
How did the JMM win Jharkhand?
This is the third time in a row the JMM alliance has increased its seat count in the ST reserved ACs at the cost of the BJP.
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 04:16 AM IST
Terms of Trade: 3 key takeaways from poll results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand
Welfare, freebies, doles, whatever one may choose to call it, is becoming an indispensable part of electoral strategy in most parts of India
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 08:21 PM IST
Number Theory: 3 things to watch out for in Maharashtra, Jharkhand poll results
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Updated on Nov 22, 2024 06:07 PM IST
Terms of Trade: Did inflation take away the White House from the Democrats?
Donald Trump’s victory, I argue, is not just a result of high inflation: it marks a structural break in the history of advanced capitalist countries.
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 05:23 PM IST
Number Theory: A complex poll contest takes shape in Maharashtra
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Published on Nov 19, 2024 09:49 AM IST
Terms of Trade | What can the US election results teach India?
India has seen a rise of what are often described as freebies, to supplement what are clearly inadequate incomes for a large part of our population.
Published on Nov 15, 2024 08:04 PM IST
Number Theory: RBI report highlights key fiscal challenges of civic corporations
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Published on Nov 14, 2024 09:54 AM IST
Consumer inflation at 14-month high of 6.2%
October retail inflation hit 6.2%, the highest in 14 months, driven by rising food prices, likely delaying RBI rate cuts in December.
Updated on Nov 13, 2024 06:16 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Number Theory: An educational explanation of Sino-Indian economic divergence - 2
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Published on Nov 08, 2024 07:25 PM IST
Number Theory: An educational explanation of Sino-Indian economic divergence - I
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Updated on Nov 08, 2024 07:08 PM IST
Terms of Trade | The empire turns renegade
Trump’s USP vis-à-vis the American voter is that he will make the country renege on the responsibility, and the costs, of being the leader of global capitalism
Published on Nov 07, 2024 04:07 PM IST
Number Theory: STs and their importance in Jharkhand politics — 2
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Published on Nov 06, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Number Theory: STs and their importance in Jharkhand politics — 1
This is the first of a 2-part series on ST population and Jharkhand politics. The 2nd part will look at differences within STs and their political implications.
Updated on Nov 04, 2024 10:22 AM IST
Terms of Trade: The economics behind the demise of ‘it’s the economy, stupid’
Both sides of the political spectrum know that the current economic order isn’t working but neither have an idea about what will work.
Published on Nov 01, 2024 04:57 PM IST
Number Theory: What do onions & air-tickets tell about India’s consumer economy
Here’s what HT’s detailed analysis of unit level data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) conducted in 2022-23 shows
Published on Oct 30, 2024 10:06 AM IST