How can Indian economy stave off stagflation? There is increasing inflationary pressure on the economy. However, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das has said that the economy is not inching towards stagflation. What leads to stagflation? Stagflation is a situation of an economy fac...
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...
How America’s war on prices is fuelling inflation globally America’s war on prices is fuelling inflation globally On 2 November, the US Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate, its key short term rate, by 75 basis points (bps) to 3.75-4%. This is the fourth time the Fed raised the funds rate ...