Time to signal monetary easing

.....Under the circumstances, monetary policy must combat rather than exacerbate the effects of fiscal consolidation. A reversal in its tight stances at this point will relieve both producers and consumers somewhat and contain the spreading fragility. This may sound ludicrous to inflation hawks, but surely monetary policy must be anticipatory and move ahead of the economic cycle? Indications are that the depreciation-caused inflation pressures, which appeared in the past two-three months, have subsided. ........

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