An interesting issue that has come up for discussion is the relevance of the cash reserve ratio.
Together they amounted to 12% of the increase in credit in FY12, which is quite high. There is a very…
RBI?s Annual Report, released just six days after the PMEAC?s Economic Outlook, is hard-hitting and gloomy at the same time.
From GDP growth to the current account and fiscal deficits, the rosy picture seems divorced from the facts.
The problem with critics, including economists, is that they tend to think they know better than the government about what…
It?s govt that relentlessly increases MSPs and hoards foodgrains, skewing both crop patterns and markets
RBI has probably done the appropriate thing in maintaining a status quo given that it has pursued its anti-inflationary stance…
When the Indian cricket team was at its high, winning tournaments, everything we did was right and everyone was doing…
Once we move from producer prices captured by WPI to consumer prices as reflected in CPI, monetary policy power declines.
The recent controversy on the rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate is interesting as it invites debate on the…
The financial stability report puts to paper all the economic concerns, but without solutions it reads mere like a note…
To assume that the govt would be going back on reforms in the external & financial sectors is debatable.
Government deficit and high interest rates have been hyped as the two roadblocks to the 8% gravy growth path. But…
?Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that…
Apart from worsening fundamentals, the rupee is being driven by the ?-$ relationship that RBI can do little about.
The issue of quality of assets of the banking system is of paramount importance, given that the future of banking…
Whether it?s the fisc or the current account deficit, there are mitigating factors & even IMF looks at a stable…
The second biggest event in the economic calendar is the annual credit policy announced by RBI.
