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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”

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.

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

Express View on inflation: A sticky surge

September 13, 2023 10:42 pm

Vegetable prices decline, but upside risks to food inflation persist. This supply-side shock requires deft policy management

Price hike on some food items transitory, elevated inflation warrants greater vigil: FinMin

August 23, 2023 5:57 am

“Though food inflation in July is perhaps the third highest since the new CPI series began in 2014, only 48 per cent of food items have inflation of above 6 per cent, and this includes 14 food items with inflation in double digits,” it said.

As inflation rises & liquidity tightens, bond, T-Bill yields rise sharply

August 18, 2023 12:02 am

India’s benchmark 10-year bonds rose to 7.25 per cent from the previous level of 7.20 per cent on August 14 and T-Bill yields rose by up to 13 basis points Thursday. Ten-year bond yields have gone up by 17 basis points in the last one month.

Inflation to remain ‘well above’ 6% in Q2, stagflation risk low: RBI article

August 17, 2023 11:58 pm

In July, consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rose to a 15-month high of 7.44 per cent from 4.81 per cent in June. The rise in inflation in July was driven primarily by increase in prices of vegetables, cereals, pulses, spices and milk and products,

Express View on global inflation and central banks: Stabilise prices

July 31, 2023 7:17 am

The RBI’s own forecasts expect inflation to edge upwards in the second quarter. In this uncertain environment, the MPC, which is slated to meet in the second week of August, should continue to focus on price stability

Ashok Gulati, Manish Kumar Prasad write: How not to tame inflation

July 24, 2023 9:41 am

Export bans, stocking limits can be counterproductive. India needs to use import policy liberally

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