Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Governor of the year: Raghuram Rajan
Sharp analytical skills, decisive policy action, powerful communication and impressive leadership skills have enabled RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to lead the Indian economy onto firmer ground
RBI's Rajan looks to regional and domestic demand
RBI governor argues India must look to regional and domestic demand for its growth, while still working towards a ‘more open and fair global system’
Rajan sees policy stripped back to signalling function
RBI governor says weak rate transmission has left signalling as the primary channel for monetary policy; rate cut may come ‘outside the policy review cycle’ in early 2015
Rajan faults 'big borrowers' for eroding 'sanctity' of debt contracts in India
RBI governor calls for ‘change in mindset' where the ‘wilful defaulter' is ‘justly chastised as a freeloader' on hardworking people
RBI wants foreign banks to offer commercial services
R Gandhi, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, argues the local economy needs foreign banks to offer commercial services, ‘to ensure further penetration of banking activities’
Caruana sees role for BIS in ‘digital financial inclusion’
Standard-setting bodies need to work together to maximise benefits of new technology, and the BIS provides an excellent forum, Caruana says; RBI board member offers lessons from India
Rajan overruled external members’ call for rate cut in September
External members on RBI’s technical advisory committee see the case for easing, and the majority voted for a rate cut in September; deputy governor portfolios shaken up
RBI paper: Rural wages main driver of Indian food inflation
Research published by the Reserve Bank of India says it ‘bears to reason’ there is a need to raise agricultural productivity to mitigate food price pressures
People: RBI names three new executive directors; Former vice-governor returns to Bank of Portugal
Reserve Bank of India promotes three new executive directors and reshuffles portfolios; João Costa Pinto rejoins Bank of Portugal; Rafi Melnick departs Bank of Israel
RBI deputy targets ‘more vibrant’ FX market
Harun Khan says Indian foreign exchange market has ‘come a long way’, but a number of challenges remain; rupee has stabilised in the past few months
Rajan turns attention to 2016 inflation target
Reserve Bank of India holds key rates as headline inflation drops to 7.8%; Rajan says policy will be set to achieve 6% target by January 2016 from this point onwards
RBA bulletin considers Indian inflation measures
Research looks at differences between WPI and CPI, noting that prices have increased at a ‘much faster pace’ in the latter
Bank rules and their impact on inequality
Banking regulation has a profound effect on levels of long-term financial inclusion around the world; US engaged in a failed ‘lottery ticket’ effort by the US to offer housing to the poor.
CPMI report reviews the ‘growing involvement’ of non-banks in retail payments
Working group chaired by Reserve Bank of India’s Padmanabhan says the presence of non-banks in payments raises 'level playing field issues' for central banks to consider
RBI's Joshi: Direct benefit transfers a ‘game changer' but have ‘not progressed smoothly enough'
Indian financial inclusion initiative needs government streamlining and the help of commercial banks to work, says Deepali Pant Joshi
RBI economist proposes financial conditions index for India
Index aims to provide a snapshot of financial conditions in the country in a bid to provide an early warning of crises and overcome information asymmetry
China joins Indian calls for better taper co-ordination
People's Bank of China says advanced economy coordination is ‘reasonable and inevitable course of action', joining calls from the Reserve Bank of India for international monetary policy solidarity
Reserve Bank of India to trial ‘plastic banknotes’
Annual report details plans to run a ‘field trial’ of plastic banknotes by 2015, in addition to several other initiatives aimed at improving the central bank’s cash management
Sri Lankan central bank strikes investment deals with India and China
Central Bank of Sri Lankan governor Ajith Cabraal signs agreements with Indian and Chinese counterparts in effort to ‘diversify reserves management’
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Haldane plus Rajan = New model central bank?
Robert Pringle offers an alternative to Bank of England chief economist Andrew Haldane’s scenarios for the next 25 years of central banking
RBI could appoint COO in structural rethink
Board of directors approves the ‘broad contours’ of reform plans that could see the Reserve Bank of India name a chief operating officer
Rajan urges ‘direct cash transfers' to poor people
RBI governor says transfer system would give the poor ‘choice and respect' and break the links between poor public service, patronage and corruption
Raghuram Rajan on the dangers of asset prices, policy spillovers and finance in India
Raghuram Rajan, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, speaks about the challenges facing emerging market central banks, spillovers and getting to know India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi.
RBI’s Rajan warns of possible asset price collapse; euro ‘too strong’
Financial sector imbalances could cause sudden price reversals and sharp spikes in volatility, risks many macroeconomists are still blind to, says Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan