Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Public v/s Private spending...


Article;
Interest-rates may come down without Raghuram Rajan's help.

Comment;
 If interest rate goes down private demand would kick-in... good for industries... High government borrowing crowds out private borrowing... Both public and private spending can boost growth but the public sector is constrained by deficit target and there is no such binding with the private sector they can spend higher can push growth higher... Just like the Central bank, a lender of last resort... the government should be a spender of last resort... The government should fill the gaps where market becomes inefficient... as in case of public goods... The government spends when it puts tax somewhere, because it is its revenue... This is why private spending is preferred over public spending... Nevertheless inflation remains a problem and restricts higher growth rates...


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