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Given that consumption is down, small and medium enterprises are impacted by a shortage of cash in the economy and the…
Due to the emphasis of the banking system on the cleaning up of the balance sheets, there is likelihood that the…
By Ajit Ranade |
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the sector. Bank…
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…
By Usha Thorat |
In the backdrop of an imminent Fed hike, the global uncertainty, as also the difficulties in assessing the macro –…
Instead for harping on cuts, the banking sector might be well advised to handle the complexities arising in the near…
By Aneel Karnani |
The CSR law is inherently contradictory. Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will…
Rarely has this 80-year-old institution been in the headlines almost daily, with questions, doubts and clarifications…
The priority now should be to restore normalcy by smoothening the process of liquidity management and more importantly…
By Ajit Ranade |
The rupee needs to soften, because measured in real effective terms, i.e. adjusting for inflation differentials, and by…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The finance minister’s statement that it will take two to three weeks to re-calibrate ATMs and that people must have…
By Ajit Ranade |
The government should have focused not just on old stock but future flow of black money generation. Hence high value…
By Usha Thorat |
If 20 per cent of old notes do not return by March 2017 to RBI, the move would have impacted Rs 300,000 crore of black…
As the RBI annual report of 2015-16 notes: “Central banks worldwide adopt standardised practice of upgradation of…