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Original Published Date  on Medium: May 13th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/impact-of-us-tariffs-on-key-indian-sectors-8123ea537bbd Liberation Day Tariff Imposition Starting “Liberation Day” on April 2nd, 2025, the US Administration imposed reciprocal tariffs on 50+ countries ranging from 10% to 49%, including on India. Although there is a 90 day pause on imposing these higher tariffs, this article analyzes the impact and opportunities to key sectors. US i

Original Published Date  on Medium: June 17th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/impact-on-oil-prices-from-the-middle-east-crisis-fb35f72ee63e With the recent escalations in the Middle-East crisis, the price of Brent Crude Oil, has already crossed $70 per barrel. In June, the prices were $61. The conflict could not only wipe off Iran’s oil exports but also severely restrict oil supplies from the wider Middle-East region. One-Fifth of global oil and one-third o

Original Published Date  on Medium: June 30th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/us-fed-funds-rate-to-cut-or-not-064bfce0bbc4 Fed Funds is the interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow or lend reserves overnight. The rate currently stands at 4.25%. It has remained unchanged since Dec 2024. It is a vital policy tool used by the Fed to manage monetary policy. The Fed (US Central Bank) has to make a decision whether to cut the rate or not. The case for

Original Published Date  on Medium: August 26th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/all-that-glitters-is-gold-6866166316d0 Why has the price of Gold shot up from around USD 2500 per ounce (oz) in Aug 2024 to around USD 3400 per oz in Aug 2025, an increase of 36% . Goldman Sachs Research has predicted the price of gold to touch USD 3700 per oz by end of 2025. Lets analyze key reasons for this sharp rise. 1) Central Bank Buying : Central banks across the world ha

Original Published Date  on Medium: September 20th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/us-treasury-bonds-and-central-banks-42046bdffd81 Today, I delve into a topic, which took me some time to understand — US Treasury Bonds. What are US Treasuries? They are types of debt instruments issues by the US Government. In a bank loan, the bank pays me the loan and I am is expected to pay interest to the bank. Similarly, when I buy a US Treasury Bond, I loan my money to

Original Published Date on Medium: October 12th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/carbon-trading-emissions-intensity-or-absolute-emissions-3be409191ec0 China recently announced that they will be moving away from using Emissions Intensity, as a measure of capping carbon emissions, in their national Emissions Trading System (ETS). Instead they will be transitioning to Absolute Emissions. Emissions Intensity measures how much pollution or Green House Gases (GHG

Original Published Date on Medium: October 20th, 2025 Reference : https://medium.com/@virikajuneja/private-finance-in-infrastructure-ef0991237652 As a follow up to my internship with the ADB project on the infrastructure development of Kaylana Lake and the ADB certificate in “ Private Financing in Infrastructure and Sustainable Growth ”, I analyze real life examples of ADB Private Finance. Infrastructure projects, which require huge capital investments are traditionally fund