A paper by ex RBI official says dominance of 'Top-5' firms lets them excessively raise prices, but analysis of metal sector shows it's down to raw material costs, global inflation, etc.
In a paper, Raghuram Rajan & Viral Acharya have termed the recent recommendation of an RBI internal working group on allowing corporates into banking a ‘bombshell’.
Loan losses from the pandemic may be too huge for the government to pay, says a new paper authored by the former RBI governor and former RBI deputy governor.
Viral Acharya, in an interview with ThePrint, says his and Urjit Patel’s dissent, resistance and exits from RBI limited the damage that could have been inflicted on financial stability.
In his book, Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India, the ex RBI deputy governor lists the ongoing challenges to RBI’s independence and how markets can ensure it.
The country is the loser when top-flight economists leave, especially when growth has slowed and there are macro-economic challenges in every direction.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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