Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Inflation, rate-cuts and the RBI's credibility...


Article;
RBI in no mood to abandon fight against inflation.

Comment;
From the middle of 2015 we already are going to see fall in the inflation rate because the government is going to change the base-year for inflation from 2004 to 2012... That would probably make a case for rate cuts... Hope... the RBI uses the same data...

Article;

Comment;
Once the RBI's credibility regarding inflation is established and supply-side bottlenecks removed, inflation would remain within limits 4-6% in the long-run (next-generation)... Europe, US and Japan are good examples... People will follow the central-bank...

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