Sunday, April 15, 2012

Debating Manmohan's reforms legacy

............. Subbarao directly addressed fears that under Singh, India had come full circle. 2012 was not 1991, he said, although “the twin deficits are here once again”. Short-term debt was high, too; but the structure of the economy had changed fundamentally, and the financial system, he insisted, could absorb shocks. In addition, there are other reasons for optimism: the services sector dominates today, and its performance is a source of resilience; not all of the fiscal deficit is structural; and forex reserves are much larger. Subbarao also addressed external-sector liberalisation, which he viewed as the most far-reaching of Singh’s reforms.........

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