Ila Patnaik
The NREGS is now particularly important. It can both help individuals who are experiencing bad times and generate counter-cyclical expenditures. The g
The package announced by the RBI this weekend will go quite a way in easing rupee liquidity in the coming days.
The Reserve Bank of India’s interest rate cut is among the many steps Indian policy-makers need to take to reduce the impact of the global crisis on I
In recent weeks, companies which are short of cash have withdrawn money from mutual funds where their treasury function was often outsourced.
European countries unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at resolving the global financial crisis.
In trying to reduce rupee volatility, RBI could trigger a financial crisis
Last Tuesday, the UK came out with a three-part plan to resolve the global financial crisis.
The financial crisis in the United States has created ripple effects all around the world. As a result of deepened...
The Indian rupee has continued to depreciate over the last few days. It is strange that even though a weak rupee...
Today is weekly inflation data day. Every week, courtesy bad number crunching, we are misled
The Congress-led government, with the Left off its back, is now expected to undertake economic reforms.
Those who fix rates must learn from history. RBI clearly has not
Why no one asked when RBI’s anti-inflation policy turned anti-household
The WPI based inflation rate has crossed 8 per cent. Inflation data in recent weeks has become a source of short-term...
The last few days have seen a sharp depreciation of the rupee. At a time when there are significant inflationary pressures in the economy, this is one
With inflation above 7 per cent and industrial production growing at 3 per cent, the Indian economy is in trouble.
Just as it had in the middle of the last decade, is policy again nudging India into recession?
When global inflation is high in dollar terms, why keep the rupee cheap?
The focus in Indian policy making should now be on getting the monetary policy framework right, to cope with fluctuations in capital flows
Stronger rupee will make imports cheaper and work much better than the quantitative curbs
Every quarter, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy tracks all investment projects presently under implementation.
The month of February saw the US dollar weaken against world currencies.
Congress and Left want a borrow-and-spend budget. This is bad economics and politics
The UPA government has been claiming that it has done well on fiscal consolidation.
Indians living abroad send dollars into India in two ways. One, through NRI deposits...
