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By DN Ghosh |
Relations between Central banks and political governments have never been easy anywhere. India is no exception. We need…
By Ajit Ranade |
Dr. Patel has been Deputy Governor for three and half years, and in that sense is an insider. He also chaired the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
In his book, Dr. Subbarao says, “…the high interest rate regime would be the main area of difference between the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The policy stands out as a unique document in terms of macroeconomic developments, liquidity management, pass-through…
By Usha Thorat |
Wage inflexibility in the public sector, a high level of mandatory investments in government securities, and public…
By Ajit Ranade |
The friction caused by the myriad of state level and inter-state taxes will go away, improving the ease of doing…
By Ajit Ranade |
The textile sector, along with construction, agriculture and tourism is one of four most-labour intensive sectors of…
As Raghuram Rajan prepares to move out of the office of the RBI Governor, the implications of his exit and the manner…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sought to assure the markets that the outflow, which it estimates will be to the…
By Usha Thorat |
Any increase in bank deposits higher than credit growth, any reduction in bank borrowing from RBI on a consistent basis…
When the source of inflation originates from supply shocks, the efficacy of monetary policy is severely challenged.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
By further arguing that this view enjoys the support of a large number in the BJP, Swamy is committing the ruling party…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In the past, both the government and the RBI would routinely claim after episodes of fall in rupee's exchange rate…
By Ajit Ranade |
Can ecommerce be a major job-creating engine? As India struggles to create 12 million jobs annually, this question is…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The Reserve Bank of India’s “State Finances: A Study of Budgets 2015-16” is a service to the nation and deserves to be…