The central bank’s mandate to keep a lid on inflation for stability’s sake is based on sound logic. But in this crisis, we must spur economic growth first and fix other variables later As Indian policymakers knock heads together over how best to stimulate our covid-hit economy, which is in need of a big financial push right now, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may well be in a quandary.
Stimulus action, both monetary and fiscal, is necessary to prevent a disastrous drop-off in economic growth. But RBI’s efforts to pump out cash are proving less effective than desired.
If that’s not bad enough, fiscal expansion by the Centre could throw its mandate of keeping a lid on inflation into jeopardy, particularly if it has to print loads of money