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Central enterprise to tame inflation may prove to be tough f

The sturdy decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hitch up both of its short-term lending rate and the minimum cash balance commercial banks have to maintain may have made many frown but there is nothing to worry as it has got its biggest advocator, the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The Union FM in a bluff mode advocated each and every progression of the RBI towards this and termed the steps as necessary to contain inflation that has scaled a 13-year high. To his consideration, there is no other way except to adopt these harsh yet necessary measures since the rising saga of inflation, thanks to ceaseless increase of international crude oil prices, is at an all-time high.


It is true that this would create a heavy impact on both of individual borrowers and investors in stock markets, apart from the corporate sector, and there is an expectation that the interest rates on housing loans will go up. But the FM was found in an honest mood and affirmed that the adopted steps would have a useful effect.

However, he also indicated of some positive factors for the economy, including record production of rice and wheat and reasonable stocks of food grain with the government for distribution to the needy through state-run shops. To him, this would help to a substantial level to ward off the present crisis.

 

But it seems that this endeavor to tame inflation will continue for some days to come since the international market is still volatile, to a great extent, and for that there is a necessity to retain an eternal vigilance over subsequent fiscal and macroeconomic developments.

 


 
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