.......However, RBI faces a difficult choice. Which macroeconomic variable does it look at? Double-digit inflation or rapidly decelerating growth—which has already begun to derail the unprecedented momentum that the economy had acquired in the last decade? Undoubtedly, a disciplined Union government could have made all the difference if it had done more than being a mere paper tiger when it came to tackling the fiscal deficit—or gross borrowings of the government. Regardless of which way RBI calls, there are serious consequences for the economy. In more ways than one, it will be the toughest choice faced by RBI governor D. Subbarao; this says something for a man who took charge in the midst of the Lehman crisis that triggered the 2008 global economic crisis. All eyes on RBI then..................
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