
Ila Patnaik
The Indian Express Group

Monday 13 October '08
Last Tuesday, the UK came out with a three-part plan to resolve the global financial crisis.Monday 13 October '08
In trying to reduce rupee volatility, RBI could trigger a financial crisisTuesday
30 September '08The financial crisis in the United States has created ripple effects all around the world. As a result of deepened...Tuesday
9 September '08The Indian rupee has continued to depreciate over the last few days. It is strange that even though a weak rupee...Thursday
21 August '08Today is weekly inflation data day. Every week, courtesy bad number crunching, we are misledMonday
28 July '08The Congress-led government, with the Left off its back, is now expected to undertake economic reforms.Thursday
3 July '08Those who fix rates must learn from history. RBI clearly has notFriday
13 June '08Why no one asked when RBI’s anti-inflation policy turned anti-householdMonday
2 June '08The WPI based inflation rate has crossed 8 per cent. Inflation data in recent weeks has become a source of short-term...Saturday
31 May '08The 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 shock the economy could have done without.Thursday
15 May '08With inflation above 7 per cent and industrial production growing at 3 per cent, the Indian economy is in trouble.Tuesday
6 May '08Just as it had in the middle of the last decade, is policy again nudging India into recession?Monday
21 April '08When global inflation is high in dollar terms, why keep the rupee cheap?Tuesday
8 April '08The focus in Indian policy making should now be on getting the monetary policy framework right, to cope with fluctuations in capital flowsFriday
4 April '08Stronger rupee will make imports cheaper and work much better than the quantitative curbsFriday
28 March '08Every quarter, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy tracks all investment projects presently under implementation.Wednesday
12 March '08The month of February saw the US dollar weaken against world currencies.Friday
29 February '08Congress and Left want a borrow-and-spend budget. This is bad economics and politicsTuesday
26 February '08The UPA government has been claiming that it has done well on fiscal consolidation.Thursday
14 February '08Indians living abroad send dollars into India in two ways. One, through NRI deposits...Saturday
9 February '08RBI has still to wake up to the reality of financial globalisationTuesday
29 January '08Today RBI will address the short term problem. Question for long term: How to design monetary policy to stabilise the economy?Tuesday
22 January '08Several markets, including India’s, have plunged amid fears about the US economy. ILA PATNAIK tracks the current crisis and its implications for IndiaThursday
17 January '08The latest data for industrial production shows a slowdown in growth.Tuesday
8 January '08India has witnessed a capital surge in recent months. Even though there was a reversal...