India
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 predicts ‘revolution’ in banking industry
The Indian banking sector is ‘on the cusp of revolutionary change’ as new developments and growing competition are breaking down the ‘grand bargains’ that once dictated its structure
RBI deputy reviews Indian macro-prudential experience
Kamalesh Chakrabarty evaluates India’s experience with macro-prudential policy and considers how central banks can build analytical frameworks to guide their oversight
India reverses curbs on USD/INR trading
India's financial regulator has rolled back emergency measures it introduced last year as USD/INR rate stabilises
RBI holds rates as inflation follows ‘glide path’
Central bank holds key rate at 8% as tighter policy works its way through the economy; household inflation expectations continue to fall
RBI director criticises ‘poor’ cooperative governance
Deepali Pant Joshi attributes cooperative banks' deteriorating health to poor governance and operational inefficiencies
Rajan sets out five-point plan to tackle food inflation
Reserve Bank of India governor says monetary policy can help control food inflation, but insists the government 'has an important role to play'
RBI and IMF clash over pace of tightening
Staff report from the International Monetary Fund calls for ‘significant increases’ in policy rates, but the central bank is reluctant to cut off the economic recovery
Rajan looks to mobile banking for financial inclusion
Reserve Bank of India governor says that India is not ‘where it should be’ on mobile payments and calls on telecom firms to help drive the proliferation of cheap and safe payments
RBI paper explores quality of Indian banks’ assets
Researcher acknowledges that asset quality has suffered in the wake of the crisis, but is convinced that banks’ balance sheets are ‘not alarming at the current juncture’
RBI’s Joshi calls for ‘revamped’ bank structures
Deepali Pant Joshi tells Indian banks to enhance their financial inclusion efforts by hiring a ‘separate cadre of staff’ to provide banking services to far-flung rural areas
RBI rate hike is first step on ‘glide path’
Raghuram Rajan says the Urjit Patel committee has outlined an ‘appropriate’ path for reducing inflation, but insists today’s rate hike does not signal the adoption of a formal inflation target
RBI director discusses management of 2013 capital outflows
High and unstable capital flows can lead to macro and financial stability concerns. But managing capital flows to minimise such concerns has costs too, says Deepak Mohanty
Emerging Asia must reform to keep growing, says IMF research
China and India have recently exhibited a decline in total factor production growth; demographic factors will be more supportive in India and some Asean economies than in China
RBI’s Mohanty lays out approach to rising food prices
The Reserve Bank of India will have to perform 'a careful balancing act' if it steps in to mitigate rising food prices, says executive director Deepak Mohanty
RBI committee wants a bank account for every adult by 2016
A report on financial inclusion released by the Reserve Bank of India calls for all residents to have a universal bank account, and an electronic payment point within a 15-minute walk
RBI's Mohanty reviews policy through crisis years
India's central bank joined its counterparts around the world in using unconventional monetary policy to tackle the financial crisis, and the effects of Fed taper
India's counter-cyclical buffer proposals a 'tax on banks'
Government-linked think-tank claims India's counter-cyclical buffer focuses too narrowly on banks, and fails to address real issues in the country's finance system
RBI's Joshi on the bank's wide-ranging strategies to raise financial awareness
RBI executive director says strategy is to raise financial literacy through initiatives like outreach visits and financial literacy centres, but also through 'comic books, plays and skits'
RBI consults on treatment of domestic systemically important banks
Reserve Bank of India releases proposals for identifying domestic systemically important banks and increasing their capital requirements; state-owned banks may need capital injections
China and India take divergent paths in liquidity management debate
People's Bank of China is targeting liquidity injections through a standing facility, while the Reserve Bank of India is reducing the amount available to banks through its equivalent funding window
Has the global financial crisis dented central bank independence?
Grace Koshie looks at the post-crisis role of central banks, examining issues of fiscal dominance and weaker policy freedom in an increasingly inter-connected world demanding ever-greater transparency
RBI's independence under threat, says former chief general manager
Grace Koshie says proposed changes could give the government greater involvement in the Reserve Bank of India’s operational areas; warns other central banks' legal independence is being ‘altered’