Tag: Raghuram Rajan

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Global economy risks 1930s-type Great Depression: Rajan

London: Warning that the global economy is on the brink of a situation similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has asked central banks from across the world to define “new rules of the game” to avert a repeat of the recent global financial crisis. “I do […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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Nationality details of RBI governor cannot be given: Cab Secy

The government has refused to answer queries on the nationality of Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan citing a provision of the RTI Act which exempts information on cabinet documents to be disclosed

  • Thursday, 15 July 2021
'Raghuram Rajan among probables for Nobel Prize in economics'

New Delhi: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan features in the list of probables for this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, The Wall Street Journal has reported. He is one of the six economists on the list of probable winners complied by Clarivate Analytics, a company that does academic and scientific research and maintains a list […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
RBI governor questions farm debt waiver schemes

Putting a question mark on the effectiveness of government's farm debt waiver programmes, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said such schemes have constrained flow of credit to farmers

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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RBI can't flip-flop on interest rate: Rajan

New Delhi: Facing persistent calls for interest rate cuts from the government and the industry, Governor Raghuram Rajan today said RBI cannot ‘flip-flop’ on rates with every rise or fall in the inflation and would rather wait for a stable low price scenario. “The message I have been sending is that we don’t want to […]

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
Rajan for incentivising domestic savings

Ahead of the forthcoming Budget, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday pitched for incentivisation of domestic savings to boost investments in the country

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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Economic recovery in India still uneven: Rajan

Stating Indian economic recovery is still uneven, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has exuded optimism that the country will be "solidly" in the 5 per cent growth bracket during the course of this fiscal and accelerate further in the next financial year

  • Saturday, 26 June 2021
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I decide monetary policy, govt can fire me if it wanted: Rajan

Asserting independence of the central bank, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said it is he who determines the monetary policy and the government can fire him if it wanted

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
P Chidambaram
Rajan's credentials outstanding, should remain RBI chief: FM

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has an outstanding record and the next government must respect his appointment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
Raghu ram Rajan
No change in EMIs likely as RBI keeps interest rate on hold

EMIs for housing and car loans are likely to remain unchanged after the Reserve Bank on Tuesday maintained the status quo on the key policy rate (repo), as was widely expected, and said there are risks to inflation

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Government requests RBI to cut interest rates

New Delhi: With the Reserve Bank of India’s second bi-monthly monetary policy review of this fiscal coming up, the government on yesterday strongly urged central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan to cut interest rates. “I only ask for an affordable rate of interest for industry because credit internationally is now very cheap,” Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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RBI yet to adopt inflation targeting, talks on with govt: Rajan

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said the central bank is yet to move to inflation targeting and is still in discussions with the government on the same

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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RBI committed to "strongest growth possible": Rajan

Under flak from various quarters for raising rates, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the central bank is committed to the "strongest growth possible" and is on the same page as the Finance Ministry on this front

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
G-20 meet
G20 regrets delay in IMF reforms; India says cant wait for long

The G20 countries on Sunday said they "deeply regret" delay in IMF quota reforms and asked the US to make it effective before April, while India's central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan asserted that emerging countries cannot wait for long for the reform to go through

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Inflation is both monetary and political issue: Rajan

A day after hiking the key rate by 0.25 per cent, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said inflation is both a monetary and political issue and wanted the political establishment to understand the importance of curbing rising prices

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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