Madan Sabnavis

The writer is chief economist, Bank of Baroda

The writer is chief economist, Bank of Baroda

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• Union Budget 2026: Prudence, not populism, will be underlying theme to build Bharat

  
  19 Jan 2026 01:28 PM IST
• Planting 6 ideas for an agri culture

  
  26 Nov 2025 12:22 AM IST
• How hungry (& able) is consumer?

  
  15 Sep 2025 10:46 PM IST
• More rate cuts? Not so fast

  
  31 Jul 2025 12:37 AM IST
• What drives the unstoppable growth of India's wedding economy?

  
  31 May 2025 12:03 AM IST
• The business of faith: How India can tap into its ₹1.2 lakh crore religious tourism potential

  
  24 Mar 2025 11:08 PM IST
• Indian banks face a quadrilemma: Challenges in liquidity, regulations, and growth

  
  10 Feb 2025 11:13 PM IST
• India Budget: Can the Budget provide a delta to the China plus one effort?

  
  13 Jan 2025 01:36 PM IST
• Is targeting core inflation the answer? RBI's repo rate dilemma sparks debate

  
  05 Dec 2024 11:31 PM IST
• Has the cash reserve ratio outlived its utility, and could it be dispensed with over time?

  
  17 Sep 2024 10:51 PM IST
• Budget 2024: Disinvest, but with right interest

  
  17 Jul 2024 10:41 PM IST
• View: Central banks are moving over to the yellow metal to de-dollarise and tackle global uncertainty

  
  6 mins read27 May 2024
• Banking: Why the option of external benchmark deposit rate (EBDR) needs to evolve in India

  
  5 mins read15 Jan 2024
• Green finance: Give the market a green signal

  
  5 mins read26 Oct 2023
• Why fighting inflation is futile if we take a comprehensive look at it

  
  5 mins read4 Sep 2023
• RBI's move to allow banks to compromise with wilful defaulter, decoded

  
  5 mins read22 Jun 2023
• Debt ceiling: USA, Do It Our Way

  
  6 mins read22 May 2023
• Why India needs to level the taxation playing field

  
  6 mins read6 Apr 2023
• Lower inflation only means the pace of grief is slowing

  
  17 Feb 2023 10:59 PM IST
• Budget 2023: Talking Budget, sense déjà vu?

  
  08 Jan 2023 10:53 PM IST
• The problem with forecasts and why there's too much noise in growth projections

  
  5 mins read27 Nov 2022
• Notch up lower rated paper to bond with the bond market

  
  5 mins read14 Oct 2022
• Govt freebies putting fiscal balances under pressure

  
  08 Aug 2022 10:45 PM IST
• How is one to judge the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger?

  
  6 mins read5 Apr 2022
• View: The confusing case of India's GDP data

  
  5 mins read5 Mar 2022
• View: Minimum Support Price, a tricky tool from the past

  
  29 Nov 2021 11:09 PM IST
• View: India needs to meet some more qualifications in the foreign investment arena

  
  5 mins read16 Sep 2021