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Inflation targeting regime has worked well. Changes that dilute RBI's monetary policy framework should be avoided
August 23, 2025 7:04 am
Such changes run the risk of “eroding policy credibility”
Why heat, not rain, matters more for inflation and rural demand
October 05, 2024 9:21 am
There could be a few reasons for this: With better irrigation, low rains are less of problem; useful information contained in the reservoir variable already gets picked up by temperatures; and lastly, there is a non-linear relationship between temperatures and food inflation
Inflation will gradually glide towards 4% target, but this would take several quarters: MPC member Jayanth R Varma
August 24, 2024 7:38 am
Varma, Professor in the Finance and Accounting at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, said that growth in 2024-25 and 2025-26 would be in the ballpark range of around 7 per cent, which is below the potential growth rate of the economy.
Govt's gross liabilities rise by 3.4% to Rs 171.78 lakh crore at March-end: Finance Ministry
June 28, 2024 8:08 pm
The ownership pattern of central government securities indicates that the share of commercial banks surged to 37.7 per cent at end-March 2024 as compared to 36.6 per cent in March 2023.
MPC’s cautious approach is driven by inflation
June 08, 2024 11:12 am
We now expect it to begin cutting rates in October at the earliest and have lowered our expectation to two rate cuts this fiscal versus the three expected earlier
Express View on inflation data: Space to pivot
March 13, 2024 11:59 pm
Greater clarity over trajectory of food inflation could pave the way for rate cut by Monetary Policy Committee
Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases marginally in January
February 20, 2024 8:26 pm
In December 2023, Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Consumer Price Index-Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) was 7.71 per cent and 7.46 per cent, respectively.
RBI targets inflation at 4% for sustainable economic growth
February 09, 2024 1:25 am
“Headline inflation moderated to an average of 5.5 per cent during April-December 2023 from 6.7 per cent during 2022-23. Food price inflation, however, continued to impart considerable volatility to the inflation trajectory,” he said while unveiling the monetary policy review.
With food inflation limited to dal roti, why govt policy may need changes
October 10, 2023 10:34 am
With food inflation now largely limited to cereals and pulses, the government may need to start addressing concerns of producers as much as consumers.
Inflation may ease below 4 per cent target in next fiscal: RBI
October 08, 2023 7:46 am
“For 2024-25, assuming a normal monsoon, and no further exogenous or policy shocks, structural model estimates indicate that inflation will average 4.5 per cent, in a range of 3.8-5.2 per cent,” the RBI said in its Monetary Policy Report for October 2023.
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