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Urjit Patel, RBI Governor

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Urjit Patel: Governor’s Rule

Urjit Patel is the first macroeconomist to take charge of RBI in over a decade. While there is no crisis, he faces challenges of a different kind

The RBI’s Next Owl

Aresh Shirali

Let’s hear it for—and from—Governor Urjit Patel

Prove the Sceptics Wrong

Aresh Shirali

They don't think we can achieve price stability. But they said the same of self rule

Economic Reforms: The Growth and Gloom Story

Siddharth Singh

Beyond the magic figure of 7.6 lies the bigger challenge for the Modi Government

Time to Shatter the Money Illusion

Aresh Shirali

The conjuror of this illusion, of course, is what we call ‘inflation’. And while American policymakers have managed to quell it, in India it still moves in mysterious ways

It’s the Governor, Stupid!

PR Ramesh

The widening rift between the Finance Ministry and the RBI takes a heavy toll on the economy

That Rustle of a Ruffled Rupee Again

Aresh Shirali

Given how globalised India has got since the rupee was freed to float, turbulence was only to be expected. But it may not be such a bad idea to nudge the currency along a bit

THE GROWTH SUTRA 2015

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

On the Road to Recovery with Arun Jaitley

Why Raghuram Rajan Is Wrong

Dhiraj Nayyar

Rajan believes that it is too early to be complacent about inflation. For him, it is too risky to cut rates now. The reality is that Rajan isn’t likely to get a more benign scenario for a rate cut