Cuts of 0.50 per cent to narrow the real interest rate.

Experts are expecting that the channels of negotiations may open up like in the past.

During the RBI-govt logjam, Patel had two options: to play Neelakantha or to go against the government.

The change in image started with ‘Raghuram Rajan the Rockstar’ who made the RBI — which by the very nature of any central bank, is supposed...

As Patel completes two years in office as the RBI Governor, the jury is still out whether he has been a 'hawk' or a 'dove'.

With his robust defence of the central bank and castigation of public sector banks, Patel has buried the image of a central banker of few w...

To be fair to Urjit Patel, one would argue that it is extremely difficult for anybody coming after someone like Rajan because of the IMF ec...

The sheer magnitude of the money-counting exercise and the possibility of double counting may have forced the central bank to be cautious i...

Patel may have been perfectly sincere, honest and even data-dependent when he lauded New Delhi’s efforts towards improving supplies and eas...

Urjit Patel who stepped in as the 24th governor on Tuesday is unlikely to do anything as adventurous as his distant predecessor.

Urjit Patel is expected to continue with the anti-inflation stance along with liquidity management, a key for sustainable interest rate cut...

The market would expect firmness in liquidity management so that lenders have enough ammunition when credit demand picks up with better eco...

Currently the RBI's deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, Patel has worked with Boston Consulting Group and Reliance Industries.

In the book penned by his daughter, the former prime minister reveals the secret of his prolonged run in policymaking and politics.

Guv has done well to ask Finmin not to micromanage. However, his advice would carry a little more conviction if RBI were to follow its own ...

Abuse of a freedom tends to lead on to its termination.

Bank chiefs have called for a change in norms on cash reserve ratio (CRR) and the statutory liquidity ratio.