OPINION
CREDIT POLICY:
More of a stop-gap policy
The RBI’s Annual Policy Statement for 2009-10 gives one the impression that, in relation to major initiatives needed to solve the ongoing problem of declining growth, it is a stopgap approach pending the presentation of the Union ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Reinforcing the pro-growth stance
In his maiden Annual Monetary and Credit Policy review, the RBI Governor, Dr D. Subbarao has reinforced the central bank’s pro-growth stance amidst a highly challenging global environment. While the central bank has ...
CREDIT POLICY:
A balancing act
The market has approached the monetary policy with a positive note and bullish ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Quick on its feet
The RBI has cut the repo and reverse repo rates by 0.25 percentage points each, to 4.75 per cent and 3.25 per cent respectively, while the CRR has been kept unchanged. Some segments of the market were expecting a cut in the key rates, with ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Proactive approach
The RBI’s Monetary Policy statement for 2009-10 needs to be seen in the context of the series of extraordinary measures it had taken since September 2008, when it first reversed course from the tightening stance and started ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Measured easing
In the last policy announcement in January 2009, the RBI had projected a 7 per cent growth for 2008-09 with downside risks. Now, with the median growth forecast down to 6.6 per cent, there is little doubt that those risks have manifest ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Maintaining a low interest rate regime
The annual Monetary Policy announcement has come in the backdrop of the global financial and credit market turmoil. The economy has been adversely impacted by the global headwinds since last October, prompting swift and effective ...
EDITORIAL:
Symbolic cuts
Central bankers around the world are an unenviable lot these days as they grapple with an economic downturn that is yet to respond in full measure to their monetary policies. For RBI Governor, Dr D. Subbarao, the limits of monetary policy are ...
CREDIT POLICY:
RBI’s Monetary Policy for 2009-10 — Informative and imaginative
The RBI’s Monetary and Credit Policy statements have been looked forward to by the markets as well as by various sectors of the economy with great interest as these indicate directions of interest rates and the pre-emption of bank deposits ...
CREDIT POLICY:
Giving a leg up to economic growth
The 0.25 percentage point cut in repo and reverse repo rates by the Reserve Bank of India confirm its commitment to ushering in a low interest rate regime despite the fact that huge Government borrowings might drive up the ...
LETTERS:
IMF: A resurrection
“The fall and rise of IMF” (Business Line, April 20) is timely and apt. In the last five years, the importance of the International Monetary Fund’s role has been gradually diminishing. The institution had ...
LETTERS:
Audit: Peer review
It is reported that peer review of audits, as an “evaluation of work” by another firm of auditors, will be introduced from this year onwards so as to ensure quality work. In the auditing profession, there are competing ...
Columnists:
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C Gopinath
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Harish Bijoor
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G Chandrashekhar
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S Murlidharan
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Sharad Joshi
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Mohan Murti
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S Balakrishnan
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Bharat Savur
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B S Raghavan
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Ganesh Challa
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Bhanoji Rao
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Swati
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T Banusekar
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Ramanujam Sridhar
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Ranabir Ray Choudhury
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Rasheeda Bhagat
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P.V. Indiresan
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P Devarajan
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S Muralidhar
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R K Raghavan
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B Venkatesh
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S Venkitaramanan
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