Raghuram Rajan calls upon EMs to build forex reserves

  You have criticized monetary policymakers’ response to the 2008 global economic crisis, which had profound spillover effects to which they “paid insufficient heed.” In your new book, Monetary Policy and Its Unintended Consequences, you offer a “sketch of a model” showing how monetary-policy spillovers “cause leveraging, booms, and eventually busts in capital-receiving countries.” How … Read more

India set to cap stimulus package at $60 billion to protect credit rating: Report

NEW DELHI: The government is likely to cap its overall spending on coronavirus-related relief at around Rs 4.5 lakh crore ($60 billion), due to concerns that excess spending could trigger a sovereign rating downgrade, two senior government officials said. “We have to be cautious as downgrades have started happening for some countries and rating agencies … Read more