The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Curbing demand pressures
The RBI clearly faced tough choices ahead of the Credit Policy. On the one hand, inflation had surged to 7.41 per cent, led by a sharp hike in agricultural, energy and commodity prices. On the other hand, credit growth was slowing, with ... More

Helping to ring in the money
While the RBI Governor was unveiling the Credit Policy in Mumbai, at almost the same time the Finance Minister was announcing a slew of measures to tame inflation in Parliament. The Finance Minister also presented preliminary data on wheat and ... More

Balanced approach
The Annual Monetary Policy review of the RBI brings to the fore a balanced approach which we believe would be conducive to the overall growth of the economy. It is heartening to note that the growth projection has been pegged at a healthy ... More

Growth-inducing
The RBI has reiterated its focus on supporting the Indian economy’s robust growth while taking steps to manage rising inflationary pressures, a key risk faced by our country today.The central bank had to do a fine balancing act ... More

Inflation gets priority
As expected, the RBI’s focus has been to control inflation and bring price stability. The central bank has used CRR as a monetary tool to control inflation and kept other policy rates unchanged. Being a pre-election year, the priority ... More

Focussing on gradual growth
With the 25 bps CRR hike coming on the back of a 50 bps hike a few days ago, the Reserve Bank of India has once again clearly signalled that it prefers calibrated growth rather than runaway inflation. However, with a status quo on the ... More

Cautious stance
The central bank has adopted a cautious tone and is looking to strike a balance between containing inflation and maintaining economic growth. Since its last policy review, headline inflation numbers (WPI) have surged over 7 per cent and ... More

Industry-friendly
The central bank must be complimented for an industry-friendly policy. Clearly, the Government and the central bank are focused on containing inflation without compromising on the growth requirements of the country and ... More

Inflation numbers crucial in setting direction
The Governor has surprised the market by hiking the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points and keeping the key reference rates — repo and reverse repo — unchanged. It goes to prove two points — fiscal and administrative ... More

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