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Dormant state -Renu Kohli

-The Telegraph Why are animal spirits in quarantine? Animal spirits, the primordial driver of growth that is unquantifiable, are once more in the spotlight. The current context is the dire growth outlook from the Covid-19 impact, future prospects and how to improve these. However, the absence of animal spirits has been felt and commented upon longer than that. It can be traced as far back as the 2012-13 slowdown, or the shortfall...

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Second stimulus: Govt plans targeting based on need, MSMEs to begin with -Aanchal Magazine & Sunny Verma

-The Indian Express PM wary of open-ended provisions: Fund for MSME with guarantee likely. AS the Covid pandemic and the prolonged lockdown batter all sectors of the economy, the government, sources said, is working on a rescue package that, for now, may address the needs of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) segment rather than the larger corporate sector. More than six meetings have been held at the Prime Minister’s Office —...

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The perils of RBI's fixation on inflation -Pulapre Balakrishnan

-The Hindu The central bank’s shift of focus from financial stability to Inflation Targeting could have led to regulatory infirmity Inflation is back in the news and attention has willy-nilly turned on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This would lead us to recognise what the central bank is mandated to do and assess how much of its objective it actually achieves. The establishment of some of the world’s oldest central banks was...

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A rough patch

-The Indian Express High inflation reduces room for rate cuts. With limited fiscal space, FM must spell out plans to revive growth. Latest inflation data seems to corroborate fears articulated by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its December meeting when it refrained from cutting the benchmark repo rate. Retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), has surged to 7.35 per cent in December 2019, up from 5.54 per...

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Onions shouldn't hold up review of inflation target -Karan Bhasin

-Livemint.com With the term of the current monetary policy committee ending in September, it’s time to review the performance of the rate-setting framework Last year, there were calls to review RBI’s Inflation Targeting framework. With the term of the current monetary policy committee ending in September, it’s time to review the performance of the rate-setting framework. Mint explains the debate around this. * What are the terms of the policy framework? In 2016, the...

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