The RBI should provide readily accessible summary information on its website about all corporate debt defaulters and the amounts involved.
The RBI must cut rates to spur growth, say experts.
Modi govt has a unique style of working, say experts.
If the RBI governor's logic holds, the rupee is far from being extremely overvalued.
RBI's out-of-turn rate cut has surprise few economists.
The Budget decides to take the lead in revving up infrastructure.
The hype surrounding the Budget gives it undue importance.
Unless there is a sharp uptick in oil prices, Fed may push back rate hike
Getting the balance between fiscal restraint and growth-contracting policy remains a problem.
The rise in US interest rates and associated change in the direction of capital flows, the fall in oil prices and the slowdown in China will dominate the markets, say Abheek Barua and Bidisha Ganguly
Rupee volatility could be dampened if it is steadily manoeuvered to levels consistent with inflation differentials, say Jaimini Bhagwati and Abheek Barua
Saudi Arabia's deep pockets and a strong financial system could help the country to ride out a low-price environment in order to protect its market share.
Data on the real value of the currency against other currencies tells a different story.
To the extent that monetary variables affect investment, the weather, thus, looks far less clement.
Most mainstream researchers agree that good governance is a necessary condition for growth.
One of the urgent tasks ahead for the new government should be to improve public trust in the executive.
The external affairs ministry's files, as distinct from those of the ministry of defence or the agencies, at least from before 1974 should be declassified. And if select files that are more than 40 years old are not to be declassified, the ministry should follow explicit guidelines to justify taking such a view, says Jaimini Bhagwat.
For one thing, US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was perhaps right in postponing the quantitative easing taper even though the markets had complained at that time that they were primed for some reduction in QE3 and the Fed had missed an opportunity to execute their plans without causing too much of a flutter.
On February 22, 2013, the Reserve Bank of India issued guidelines on 'Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector'.
The drop in the financial savings rate, for instance, has been addressed through an increase in the eligible income limit for the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme.
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