Siddhartha Sanyal
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Budget 2014: Spade-work for a reboot
The recently elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will present its first budget on 10 July. In February 2014, the previous ......
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Surprise is the name of the game
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sprung a huge surprise today in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy. The central ......
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Capital flows mitigating wider current account gap pressure
India’s current account deficit remains challenging ($22.3 billion or ~5.4 per cent of GDP in Q3 12), but stronger capital ......
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Q3 GDP growth weak; further deterioration in private consumption
India's Q3 GDP grew 5.3% y/y, a tad better than our expectation (5.0%) but in line with the consensus (5.3%). ......
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September inflation moves higher, reflecting a diesel price hike
India's wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation came in at 7.81% y/y for September, broadly in line with expectations (Barclays: 7.9%; ......
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India: July inflation at sub-7%! Too good to be true?
India's wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation, at 6.87% y/y for July, sprang a major surprise as it turned out ......
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RBI continues to spring surprises - holds repo rate, cuts SLR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to spring surprises. In today's policy announcement, the headline policy rate - the ......