Tradeoffs inevitable in managing currency, says Gokarn

..........“The rupee rising is bringing down the cost of unavoidable imports. It is therefore feeding through into lower inflationary pressures domestically. So, to prevent the currency from rising in an inflationary situation means that you are going to have to do something more on the interest rate side to offset the inflationary pressures of an undervalued currency. That is the choice that has to be made,”.............

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