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By Ajit Ranade |
Why do people repay a loan? Firstly, because they are bound by a loan contract to repay. If they break the contract,…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
There was a unanimous decision to hold the policy repo rate constant primarily because the headline inflation measured…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI, which concluded its third meeting for 2020-21 on Friday, kept the policy rate…
By Ajit Ranade |
This is the first time in India’s history that we are experiencing a steep recession without any adverse shock of…
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Three farm bills passed by the parliament last week have become a bone of contention. At one level, they are a step in…
By Ajit Ranade |
The economy shrank by nearly one fourth during the first three months of this fiscal year. Much of this was due to the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The past week has been dominated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark alluding to an “act of God”. She was…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
India’s macro-economic scenario in the post-Covid era represents a severe contraction of economic activity. The…
By Ajit Ranade |
In his latest stint Urjit Patel spent five years at the Reserve Bank of India, three as a Deputy to Raghuram Rajan, and…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Acharya’s propositions strongly reflect the tumultuous period (2017 to 2019) for the Indian financial sector when he…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The monetary policy and associated statements and documents announced on Thursday (Aug. 06) unfold uncertainties that…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Despite some notable contrarian opinions in this regard, a majority of the analysts and market participants believed…
By Ajit Ranade |
This past week saw the near simultaneous publication of two books by senior former Central bankers. Former RBI Governor…
By Usha Thorat |
Viral Acharya argues that fiscal dominance provides the basis for a “theory of everything” that impacts financial…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy was already amidst a considerable slowdown in the pre-COVID-19 period. For example, the fiscal 2019-…