Saturday, May 4, 2013

RBI plays safe

As a central banker, RBI needs to be cautious, but its inflationary fears appear a bit heightened


..........The central bank’s monetary policy stance continues to baffle, and not just because it is not clear how RBI expects to see rate cuts by banks in a liquidity-constrained situation. In earlier policies, the RBI’s talk has been different from its walk. This time around, including in Thursday’s pre-policy macro statement, a hawkish RBI has talked of limited room for cutting rates. Friday’s monetary policy statement talks of upside risks to inflation being significant in the near-term and .............

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