Ila Patnaik
The Indian Express Group
Tuesday 18 December '07
Drawing on a wide range of parameters from the CMIE databases, it is possible...Friday 14 December '07
Earlier this week, the US Federal Reserve Bank cut the Fed’s benchmark interest rate for the third time since September.Monday
26 November '07As the price of crude oil inches towards $100 a barrel, a Group of Ministers will debate whether India should raise domestic petroleum prices.Friday
16 November '07Is inflation now comfortably under control? Recent media headlines say that there has been a sharp drop in the inflation...Tuesday
6 November '07The US Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates once again in its meeting this week. Last month, when the Fed cut...Tuesday
30 October '07The monetary policy announcement for the coming quarter will take place amid great confusion about what the RBI is trying to achieve.Tuesday
23 October '07The RBI has been buying large amounts of dollars in the foreign exchange market in order to prevent rupee appreciation.Thursday
18 October '07Stock markets responded sharply to a SEBI proposal to restrict foreign capital flows in Indian equity markets...Thursday
11 October '07If and when the US economy goes into recession, what will be the impact on India? ILA PATNAIK argues 2 per cent of India’s GDP will be directly affected, and 7 per cent, indirectly. Rupee tinkering won’t helpWednesday
26 September '07Inflation, now at just above three per cent, seems well under control. Why, then, is the consumer not cheerful still? Ila Patnaik looks at the data and finds that inflation based on WPI is a poor measure of the cost of livingFriday
21 September '07Brokers are upbeat about US’s interest rate cut. Economists are not. Why? And who’s right?Wednesday
19 September '07Which states in India are attracting the most investment? How are the breakaway BIMARU states doing financially?Friday
7 September '07Is there a slowdown in export growth? Is there a significant relationship between exports and the exchange rate? Ila Patnaik mines the data and explains why there are no simple answers.Wednesday
29 August '07Tax collections have registered a remarkable growth in recent years. There is a marked increase in the corporate tax to GDP ratio. ILA PATNAIK sums up the storyWednesday
22 August '07The last four weeks have seen very sharp movements in stock prices around the world.Saturday
18 August '07Wrong lesson from loan troubles in US: capitalism is risky. Right lesson: financial innovation helps the poorMonday
6 August '07RBI’s avoiding the big monetary issue: cost of keeping rupee weak. So government must step inThursday
2 August '07Indian stock markets have fallen sharply in recent days in line with volatile global markets. The source of trouble this time is news from the US housing sector.Friday
27 July '07A new credit policy is on the anvil. But interest rate signals will not be effective unless the RBI gets back its control over the short term interest rateWednesday
18 July '07If the alternative to RBI’s rupee management are exporter sops, let’s have sopsThursday
14 June '07High investment is fuelling high GDP growth today. A look at the front-ranking industries and projectsFriday
8 June '07The correct response to the increase in house prices is supply augmenting policy. The demand control policy does not give people more and bigger houses to live inThursday
24 May '07The government proposes to bring dal and edible oil under the Public Distribution System The prices of dal and edible oils have risen sharply in recent months and are expected...Thursday
10 May '07The commerce minister argues for rupee manipulation. An interventionist RBI keeps everyone guessing. But higher productivity through genuine reform is the only sustainable way to improve export growthMonday
2 April '07RBI is inflicting more pain than inflation. And rupee is being unnecessarily coddled
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