Archive for February 28th, 2023

RBI’s Business Continuity Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 28, 2023

RBI has released a compendium of the business continutity measures it took during the pandemic:

compendium on Business Continuity Measures undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during the COVID-19 Pandemic was released on February 17, 2023 in the annual conference of the Corporate Strategy and Budget Department of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra, Deputy Governor.

To tackle the challenges posed by the pandemic, RBI mobilised on an unprecedented scale and speed to put in place a cross-functional response to safeguard lives and livelihood of the people; insulate the economy and the financial sector; ensuring uninterrupted conduct of its crucial functions and maintaining business continuity; supporting its employees, service providers and other stakeholders. More than one hundred measures, both conventional and unconventional, were undertaken during the period. The effort was to be proactive and innovative, while remaining on guard to preserve financial stability.

The compendium encapsulates the details of RBI’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Given the nature of the shock, it was commendable that payments, banking and financial markets continued to function without glitches.

Adam Smith’s 300th birth anniversary

February 28, 2023

The year 2023 marks Adam Smith’s 300th birth anniversary.

University of Glasgow is hosting a series of events to celebrate the tercenteenary.

Narayan Ramachandran has a piece in Mint on lessons from Smith.

More to follow.

Commodity prices, the dollar and stagflation risk

February 28, 2023

Boris Hofmann, Taejin Park and Albert Pierres Tejada in this research show that commodity prices and dollar appreciation have led to rise of stagflation risks:

Fluctuations in commodity prices and the US dollar exchange rate significantly affect the risk of stagflation. Using quarterly data from 22 commodity-importing economies for the past 30 years, we find that higher commodity prices and dollar appreciation each raise the odds of weak growth and high inflation. Stagflation risk increases by more when the two drivers rise in tandem – as seen over the past couple of years, in a departure from the historical pattern. Commodity-importing emerging market economies (EMEs) are more affected by changes in commodity prices and in the US dollar exchange rate than are their advanced economy counterparts. This reflects in particular the higher commodity consumption of EMEs and their greater exposure to swings in global financial conditions.


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