Monetisation of the deficit is the printing of money to finance government spending Suyash Choudhary, Head of Fixed Income at IDFC AMC on Thursday raised the possibility that monetisation of the fiscal deficit may already be underway at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
To put it in layman’s terms, monetisation of the deficit is the printing of money to finance government spending. This process is usually not carried out in normal circumstances as it can lead to inflation.
However, the extraordinary demands placed on the government due to the Covid-induced lockdown leaves the central bank with few alternatives.
The fiscal deficit is the government’s total revenue minus its total expenditure. Before the crisis, the central government had
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