Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
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
Rajan: ‘Let’s fight the anti-inflation fight once’
Raghuram Rajan says risks to inflation target have become ‘more balanced’ in recent months, but stresses the need to remain ‘vigilant’ as RBI holds key rate at 8%
Mundra named RBI deputy governor
Reserve Bank of India announces the appointment of Subhash Sheoratan Mundra, formerly head of Bank of Baroda, as deputy governor
RBI executive director says ‘multiple instruments' needed to stem EM capital outflows
Deepak Mohanty says drawdown of forex reserves, monetary tightening, and augmentation of reserves needed to dampen speculative flows
Sri Lanka seeks return of money offered at Indian shrines
Sri Lankan central bank seeks to repatriate estimated 20 tonnes of coins offered as part of religious worship in India
People: Deputy governors appointed in Russia and India
China Investment Corporation appoints fifth executive vice-president; new director of insurance supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland
RBI sees case for reviewing governance of public sector banks
Public sector banks continue to pose some of the ‘major challenges' facing the banking sectors, the Reserve Bank of India says
RBI hiring 53 sportspeople out of civic duty
Reserve Bank of India is looking to recruit people from a host of sporting backgrounds, including cricket and table tennis, to working in support roles at the central bank
Rajan: RBI ‘could give up’ some powers
Reserve Bank of India should retain its regulatory powers, Rajan says, but it could cede part of its debt management role to the government ‘without any loss in welfare’
Rajan 'cognisant' of state financing needs as RBI loosens credit restraints
Reserve Bank of India holds key rate at 8% despite spike in food prices; takes steps towards creating a ‘more generalised provision of system liquidity’
Rajan sets out ‘idealistic' vision for international monetary policy co-ordination
RBI governor would in an 'ideal world' establish an impartial arbiter of unconventional monetary policy; Lagarde says global welfare benefits should be quantified