How higher food prices are making RBI’s job difficult How higher food prices are making RBI’s job difficult In five out of the last eight months, food inflation has remained above the headline inflation figure. Have higher food prices made inflation targeting particularly difficult for the Reserve ...
The causes and consequences of falling inflation After an extended stretch of rising prices, wholesale and retail price indices in India cooled in October 2022, potentially offering some relief to the common man. Will the trend sustain and what are the implications? What has been the trend in infla...
Logistics policy: Faster freight, cheaper costs? Logistics policy: Faster freight, cheaper costs? The government will announce the National Logistics Policy (NLP) on 17 September, aiming to bring down logistics costs and address challenges plaguing importers and exporters. What does the policy aim ...
Costs & benefits of RBI’s battle to defend the rupee Costs & benefits of RBI’s battle to defend the rupee As the US Federal Reserve fights decades-high inflation with higher interest rates, the rupee is depreciating against the dollar, prompting the Indian central bank to intervene in the forex mar...
The interminable wait for India’s new trade policy The interminable wait for India’s new trade policy The Union government has extended the tenure of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 by another six months till March 2023. The move came as a surprise to exporters bracing for a recession in Eur...