Sajjid Chinoy

Stories by Sajjid Chinoy

What Are RBI's Challenges In 2024?

What Are RBI's Challenges In 2024?

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2024

The challenge for the RBI in 2024 is likely to be less about containing elevated inflation and more about curbing excessive financial market exuberance and a 'problem of plenty', notes Sajjid Chinoy, Chief India Economist JP Morgan.

Fiscal credibility gets a boost in the Budget

Fiscal credibility gets a boost in the Budget

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2016

The larger virtue of maintaining fiscal credibility should not be unduly diluted by quibbles on the fiscal math, says Sajjid Chinoy.

Key pointers to make a balanced Budget

Key pointers to make a balanced Budget

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2015

An asset swap can simultaneously boost public investment, reduce the fiscal deficit and keep fiscal policy from being pro-cyclical.

Why it is important now to boost growth

Why it is important now to boost growth

Rediff.com   18 Feb 2014

There was hope in some quarters that the interim Budget would boost sentiment and lay the groundwork for kick-starting the investment cycle, while staying on a path of fiscal consolidation.

'RBI stance: Unpopular but appropriate'

'RBI stance: Unpopular but appropriate'

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2012

Rate cuts are unlikely to spur a supply response until the implementation bottlenecks are resolved.

'Need boldness from Delhi, not Mumbai'

'Need boldness from Delhi, not Mumbai'

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

RBI's 50-bps cut can be construed as the central bank tactically using this narrow window of opportunity -- when inflation has gapped down -- to frontload the rate cuts intended for the year, knowing opportunities may not come by later.