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Lekha Chakraborty

Lekha Chakraborty is professor, NIPFP and research associate, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York.

Helping Indian economy down the road to recovery

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

🔴 Lekha Chakraborty, Harikrishnan S write: An accommodative stance on public spending in budget holds key to economic revival

Why RBI has not been hawkish in its monetary policy

Thu, Oct 14, 2021

Lekha Chakraborty writes: Confronted by multiple challenges, including inflationary pressures and an uneven economic recovery, the central bank has chosen to prioritise growth by keeping the repo rate unchanged.

A pandemic is not the time to worry about fiscal deficit

Fri, Apr 30, 2021

Given that a timely deficit may not have adverse macroeconomic consequences, surviving this pandemic first by enhancing the required spending is crucial