Abheek Baruah

The writer is former chief economist, HDFC Bank

The writer is former chief economist, HDFC Bank

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Stories by the author

• Industrial Bong for the Buck: A blueprint for West Bengal’s evolution from an entrepot to a production hub

  
  28 May 2026 11:11 PM IST
• The rupee can be made to do things other than chase competitiveness

  
  13 Aug 2025 11:24 PM IST
• Stick to a curbed diet, RBI: Despite weak demand, why central bank should curb its reflationary zeal a bit

  
  16 Jul 2025 10:59 PM IST
• Is this bucking a trend?

  
  27 Apr 2025 11:51 PM IST
• Budget 2025: GoI puts its heart (on households) where spending should be

  
  02 Feb 2025 12:12 AM IST
• RBI must communicate to signal it’s in charge of things on the currency front

  
  14 Jan 2025 11:18 PM IST
• To cut or not to cut: Is there a concerted effort by Asian central banks, RBI included, to keep the monetary guard up?

  
  02 Sep 2024 11:02 PM IST
• Keep kaam & carry on: FM Sitharaman has recognised the realities of India's job market, and done her best to set things right

  
  24 Jul 2024 11:09 PM IST
• Managing the trilemma of inflation, growth and exchange rate

  
  6 mins read8 May 2024
• The economy looks good — here's what India needs, to get straight ‘A’s over the long term

  
  6 mins read11 Apr 2024
• Budget 2024: All's well that still sticks to welfare delivery

  
  01 Feb 2024 11:38 PM IST
• View: Being a growing global power means baring oneself to global crosswinds

  
  6 mins read17 Dec 2023
• Economic policymakers need a new playbook to tackle unexpected shocks

  
  6 mins read24 Oct 2023
• Lessons from current market volatility: Don't bank on predictions

  
  20 Aug 2023 11:09 PM IST
• View: A $5 trillion Indian economy is possible. The real challenge is something else

  
  18 May 2023 11:14 PM IST
• India needn’t panic about the banking crisis but, with sharp interest-rate hikes, a thorough check is in order

  
  6 mins read4 Apr 2023
• Acute uncertainty is the new normal for both investors and policymakers

  
  6 mins read15 Mar 2023
• View: The three key messages of Budget 2023

  
  02 Feb 2023 12:04 AM IST
• View: Grow a budget in this climate

  
  01 Jan 2023 11:11 PM IST
• Which states are pulling down India's economic growth? This may give you an idea

  
  7 mins read7 Nov 2022
• How RBI should tactically intervene to smother volatility and stem rupee fall

  
  6 mins read29 Sep 2022
• The need for central banks to be ‘credible’ and stay the course, come what may

  
  7 mins read14 Sep 2022
• Even as RBI hikes interest rates, the Indian economy can almost certainly not fall off the cliff

  
  7 mins read11 Aug 2022
• How stability in the rising dollar could revive portfolio inflows into India

  
  7 mins read7 Jul 2022
• View: Instead of responding to inflation headlines, RBI should ‘talk’ with the market

  
  6 mins read18 May 2022
• Where India should now put its focus amid a changing export scenario

  
  6 mins read11 Apr 2022
• Just ride out the oiligarchy: Why RBI shouldn't fret over near-term inflation

  
  6 mins read6 Mar 2022
• View: The FM has grabbed fiscal space to nurture a recovery, but what about the strategy?

  
  02 Feb 2022 02:27 AM IST
• View: Fed action has implications for India’s budget, like GoI’s borrowing costs going up

  
  7 mins read27 Jan 2022
• View: Long-term growth can be attained when India’s multiple growth stories meet

  
  7 mins read25 Nov 2021
• Economics 101: How to navigate global stagflation, policy tightening

  
  7 mins read25 Oct 2021
• Will RBI really raise reverse repo rate as the market is expecting?

  
  06 Oct 2021 08:42 PM IST
• View: Why India must grab a bigger share of the global trade pie

  
  7 mins read15 Sep 2021
• Tapering: Is it time for RBI to take Fed-style aggressive action?

  
  6 mins read31 Aug 2021
• View: China’s reform gradualism is not the virtue it’s touted to be

  
  7 mins read9 Jul 2021
• View: Interruption in liquidity flows may lead to a pause in market exuberance

  
  6 mins read30 Jun 2021
• View: With Covid affecting factory floors, supply needs to be managed — item by item, sector by sector

  
  6 mins read12 May 2021
• View: The four serious problems with India's bad bank plan

  
  7 mins read1 Apr 2021
• View: Does RBI policy signal a move towards a new equilibrium for yields?

  
  05 Feb 2021 03:52 PM IST
• View: With COVID-19 a pandemic, we need a rational economic damage control plan

  
  12 Mar 2020 11:33 PM IST
• Union Budget: Sitharaman seems to have pulled off a fine balancing act

  
  05 Jul 2019 09:47 PM IST
• View: Shouldn't the concept of job creation take precedence over income transfer?

  
  22 Apr 2019 11:43 PM IST
• Oil prices and US interest rates control rupee's fate

  
  24 May 2018 11:34 PM IST
• Sorry, but mimicking China won't help India create the jobs it desperately needs

  
  27 Apr 2018 08:55 AM IST
• Crack the growth numbers puzzle

  
  10 Mar 2018 12:55 PM IST
• Despite current appreciation against dollar, rupee may depreciate gently in 2018

  
  11 Jan 2018 12:09 AM IST
• GST watch: With long-term gains comes short-term transitional pain

  
  28 Jun 2017 01:41 PM IST
• What’s really happening with inflation, can it stay this low?

  
  22 Jun 2017 10:43 AM IST