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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814717503321

Autore

Cashin Paul

Titolo

Taming Indian Inflation / / Paul Cashin, Rahul Anand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4983-5783-0

1-4983-5810-1

1-4755-5837-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

AnandRahul

Disciplina

339.50954

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance) - India

Food prices - India

Banks and Banking

Investments: Commodities

Foreign Exchange

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Price Level

Deflation

Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis

Prices

Agriculture: General

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Investment & securities

Finance

Banking

Currency

Foreign exchange

Food prices

Agricultural commodities

Consumer price indexes

Income inequality

Commodities

National accounts

Farm produce

Income distribution

Price indexes

Interest rates



India Economic conditions 21st century

India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CAUSES OF INFLATION. Inflation dynamics in India: what can we learn from Phillips Curves? / Roberto F. Guimarães and Laura Papi -- Reconsidering the role of food prices in inflation / James P. Walsh -- Food inflation in India / Prachi Mishra and Devesh Roy -- Understanding India's food inflation through the lens of demand and supply / Rahul Anand, Naresh Kumar, and Volodymyr Tulin ; CONSEQUENCES OF INFLATION. Does inflation slow long-term growth in India? / Kamiar Mohaddes and Mehdi Raissi -- Inflation and income inequality in China and India: is food inflation different? / James P. Walsh and Jiangyan Yu -- Transmission of India's inflation to neighboring countries / Sonali Das, Adil Mohommad, and Yasuhisa Ojima ; POLICIES TO AFFECT INFLATION. Monetary policy transmission in India / Sonali Das -- Food inflation in India: what role for monetary policy? / Rahul Anand and Volodymyr Tulin -- Inflation and monetary policy in small open economies / Paul Cashin and Agustín Roitman.

Sommario/riassunto

High and persistent inflation has presented serious macroeconomic challenges in India in recent years, increasing the country’s domestic and external vulnerabilities. A number of factors underpin India’s high inflation. This book analyzes various facets of Indian inflation—the causes, consequences, and policies being implemented to manage it. Several chapters are devoted to analyzing and managing food inflation, given its significance in driving overall inflation dynamics in India.