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25/01/2023
(Co-authored with Pramod Sinha and Radhika Pandey)
Banks and Non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) form an integral part of the financial sector. In recent times, banks have seen robust growth in demand for credit, improved asset quality, record profits, strong capital and comfortable liquidity buffers. The Gross …
The New Money Challenge
23/01/2023
(Co-authored with V. Ramya Rajasri Kumar)
On Monday, 12th of December 2022, founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas. FTX crashed almost overnight after failing to meet a run on deposits, throwing the crypto industry into its latest crisis. …
Brace yourself for higher interest rates
23/05/2022
Data released by the National Statistical Office showed that retail inflation had surged to an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April driven by higher food and fuel prices. The former rose to 8.38 per cent driven by double-digit inflation in edible oils and vegetables, while inflation in …
That the fallout of Covid 19 was akin to a war, and on several counts more adverse, was both understood and acknowledged from the outset. No sector of the economy was left untouched with livelihoods, incomes and employment severely impacted. If there was unanimity on any issue, it was …
Extracted from a presentation in the Plenary session of the 5th World Congress on Disaster Management, New Delhi on Technology, Finance, Capacity for Building Disaster Resilience.
In the wake of COP-26 which emphatically brought to fore the vulnerability of the developing countries and the vast …