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Inflation Convergence and Anchoring of Expectations in India

Vol. 55, Issue No. 47, 28 Nov, 2020
Ashima Goyal, Prashant Parab

Careful research on the inflation targeting regime’s impact on anchoring inflation expectations, as well as an empirical examination of convergence, is used to assess the direction of convergence between core and headline inflation, as well as the efficacy of the expectation channel compared to the aggregate demand channel of monetary transmission. There is evidence of more anchoring, with the Reserve Bank of India communications as well as headline inflation affecting short-run inflation expectations and core inflation dominating in the long run.

Reviving Fiscal Activism

Vol. 53, Issue No. 22, 02 Jun, 2018
Surajit Das

Fiscal Consolidation, Budget Deficits and the Macro Economy by Lekha S Chakraborty, Sage, 2016; pp xix +197, ₹750.

 

Can Central Banks Reduce Inflation?

Vol. 53, Issue No. 13, 31 Mar, 2018
Surajit Das, Manpreet Kaur

To explore the empirical validity of the proposition that a rise in the interest rate would necessarily lead to a lower rate of inflation, empirical evidence from 158 countries, during 1981 to 2013, is used to critically evaluate this widely accepted idea. Based on the findings, it is argued that from a policy perspective, the so-called “inflation targeting” should be revisited.

Introduction

Vol. 52, Issue No. 12, 25 Mar, 2017
Saibal Ghosh, Partha Ray

Not in People's Interest

Vol. 51, Issue No. 28, 09 Jul, 2016
Sugata Marjit

The politics and economics of interest rate formation in this country must be studied carefully. Lowering the interest rate raises stock prices in an environment where they themselves cannot move up thanks to the fundamentals of the economy that are not conducive.

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